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Pope Leo’s sporting interests rooted in Chicago’s southside
Not long after the white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney in Vatican City and news broke that Robert Prevost ...
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 ...
Pope Leo XIV delivers first Sunday noon blessing, patrons at Chicago church embrace message of Chicago-born pontiff
Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Sunday noon blessing from the loggia at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, three days ...
The Royal Gazette14hOpinion
A pope from Chicago can help bridge Catholic divides
Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost has gone by “Bob” for most of his life. On Thursday, the 69-year-old became Pope Leo ...
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Daily Herald8hOpinion
GARVEY: JD Vance might not be a fan of the Pope, but Chicago sure is
I don’t know if you’ve heard already, but there’s a new pope in town. Not only is he American — the first U.S.-born head of the Catholic Church — but he’s also from Chicago, which is close enough to ...
Credit Chicago nuns for Robert Prevost's rise to pope
St. Mary of the Assumption Parish included this photo commemorating the 1982 meeting of a newly ordained Robert Prevost and ...
Students at Chicago Catholic school learn valuable lessons in mock conclave
As cardinals in Rome get ready for the papal conclave, some kids in Chicago got an idea of their job ahead with a special ...