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Accused child molester-priest says now-Pope Leo XIV OK'd his move to a South Side monastery near a school
"He’s the one who gave me permission to stay there" in 2000, James M. Ray, the former priest, told the Chicago Sun-Times ...
White Sox unveil a graphic installation honoring Pope Leo XIV and his World Series appearance
There is a new landmark at the home of the Chicago White Sox — Section 140, Row 19, Seat 2. That’s where Father Bob — the ...
Pope Leo XIV was gifted a Bears jersey from JD Vance
On Monday, Vice President JD Vance met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, where he gifted the Chicago-born pope a custom Bears ...
Edward Keegan: Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home an example of the ordinary architecture Chicago does well
In Chicago, whether it’s architecture or Catholicism, we do ordinary very well. It’s one reason we now call Pope Leo XIV our ...
JD Vance meets Pope Leo XIV and gifts him Chicago Bears jersey
Vice President JD Vance met with the newly-elected Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Monday and gifted the Chicago native a ...
Remember when Pope Leo XIV went to the World Series? Now it’s part of White Sox lore
If you thought the city was running out of stories about the pope and the White Sox, well, this could go on for Pope Leo XIV’s entire tenure in the Vatican. We still don’t know exactly how he likes ...
Cupich says Pope Leo XIV will champion the environment, immigrants — but doesn’t know when he’ll visit Chicago
Chicago Cardinal says when Pope Leo XIV is ready to travel to the United States, he will push for a Chicago stop.
‘How absurd is that?’: Pope Leo XIV, once just a Villanova student named Bob, is a Wildcats basketball fan
Whitey Rigsby had just landed in Chicago to attend a Villanova function and was still on the plane when his wife, Becky, ...