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Pope’s Childhood in a Changing Chicago Tells a Story of Catholic America
Chicago’s South Side was solidly working class during Pope Leo’s childhood, said Rob Paral, a researcher at the Great Cities ...
The pope is on the line: AP is there for pontiff’s call to his brother in Chicago
An interview with a brother of Pope Leo XIV conducted by a journalist for The Associated Press was interrupted when the new ...
Pope Leo XIV celebrated in Chicago with mass at Holy Name Cathedral as many remember his early life
A special mass is underway at Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral for the first American-born pope. Pope Leo XIV grew up in South ...
‘Da Pope’ thrills Chicago Catholics — and raises high expectations
In a place where civic pride is a way of life, Chicagoans need little help believing the election of Pope Leo shows their ...
How a Chicago native became pope: See Robert Francis Prevost's path to making history
Taking the name Leo XIV, the American was elected to be the 267th pontiff and spiritual leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...
Old Footage of New Pope Caught on Camera at 2005 World Series in Chicago Resurfaces
Two decades before becoming Pope, Robert Prevost was just a regular ol’ White Sox fan rooting for his team at the World ...
Ope, it’s a Chicago pope. Excuse us while America riffs.
Thursday’s meme economy was flooded with images of the newly named Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago with the given name Robert ...
La Grange area leaders laud selection of Chicago-area pope
Nazareth Academy President Deborah Tracy said Pope Leo XIV will continue work inline with Nazareth and the Sisters of St.