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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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Advocates press for accounting of sex-abuse cases in new pope’s past jurisdictions
Pope Leo XIV has never been accused of abuse, but has been in positions of authority when accusations of sexual abuse have ...
‘A better chance at winning the lottery’: Chicago-area man discovers he owns Pope Leo’s childhood home
Chicago-area man discovers he owns Pope Leo’s childhood home - The Cape-Cod-style brick home is 1,300 square feet with three ...
‘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 ...