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"Da Pope": Chicago ready with the jokes after native son Cardinal Prevost elected as Pope Leo XIV
The internet wasted no time pumping out the jokes and memes after Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the new ...
White smoke at Vatican, phones blowing up in Chicago: Their old classmate Robert is pope
Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.
Chicago loudly and proudly claims homegrown Pope Leo XIV — and the ‘Pope’s Pizza’ at Aurelio’s
Chicagoans have predictably reacted in grandiose fashion with humor and genuine affection for South Sider Robert Prevost as ...
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 ...
Old Footage of New Pope Caught on Camera at 2005 World Series in Chicago Resurfaces
Twenty years ago, the man who would become Pope Leo XIV was at U.S. Cellular Field praying for a Chicago White Sox win—or at ...
Robert Prevost known as the ‘saint of the north’ in Peru for his closeness to poor
Robert Prevost may have made history Thursday by becoming the first pope from the United States. But in Peru, he is known as ...
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 ...
Victims’ group alleges Pope Leo XIV mishandled sexual abuse cases involving priests in Chicago and Peru
Six weeks before American Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, the activist group Survivors Network of those Abused ...