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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 Institute at the University of Illinois Chicago. The family attended a South Side church, but they lived in Dolton, a suburb just past the city line.
Visiting Pope Leo XIV’s Chicago: How the South Side Shaped America’s First Pontiff
In his first days as pope, Leo XIV has struck many as an unassuming man of quiet warmth and deeply rooted identity. A visit to the part of Chicago where the first American Pontiff was raised gives an idea of how he got that way.
St. Mary of the Assumption Parish included this photo commemorating the 1982 meeting of a newly ordained Robert Prevost and ...
After a series of closures by the Chicago Archdiocese, Christ Our Savior Church in South Holland has bragging rights as Pope ...
The Prevost family belonged to the now-shuttered St. Mary of the Assumption Parish in the Riverdale neighborhood on the South ...
Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.
Six weeks before American Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, the activist group Survivors Network of those Abused ...
"The Pope is from Chicago. This is one of the biggest moments in the modern history of our city," said Mayor Brandon Johnson ...
A popular Chicago restaurant chain is celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a sandwich named in the pontiff’s honor.
Chicago's St. Mary's church, connected to Pope Leo XIV's past, captures local interest amid restoration efforts.
Catholic Charities uses Cozen O'Connor for state government lobbying. So does Rush University Medical Center, which performs ...
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