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‘He’s one of us’: South Holland church celebrates bragging rights as Pope Leo XIV’s de facto home parish
After a series of closures by the Chicago Archdiocese, Christ Our Savior Church in South Holland has bragging rights as Pope ...
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St. Nicholas-St. Mary parish home to popular Pope Leo XIV cutout, a hit among visitors
White smoke billowed from St. Peter’s Square, marking the election of a new Pope, an event that took St. Nicholas-St. Mary ...
He Grew Up in a Parish on Chicago’s South Side. Now He’s the Pope.
Though he spent much of his life abroad, the new Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, hails from the Chicago area, ...
Area parishes relishing new Pope Leo XIV who has local roots, but his ‘message is going to be universal’
The elevation of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost to pope earlier this month has been a point of pride for Chicagoland ...
‘The pope is Peruvian!’ How two decades in South America shaped the vision of Pope Leo XIV
In his first appearance as Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, the man born Robert Francis Prevost spoke for ...
Pope Leo's Big Sibling Reveals Why 'I Told My Brother He Was Weird' — and More Family Memories (Exclusive)
Pope Leo XIV made history, but for his family, the announcement struck closer to home; Born in Chicago on Sept. 14, 1955, the ...
Dolton hopes ties to Pope Leo XIV will burnish town’s image and spur growth
Dolton residents and officials hope native Robert Prevost’s election as pope will improve an image soured by Mayor Tiffany ...
Leo XIV Renews Call for Peace in Meeting With Journalists
The pontiff held his first meeting with the news media at the Vatican and called on reporters to choose “the path of ...