A Chicago-area town plans to take control of Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home to turn it into a local landmark, just days after the current owner put the property up for auction.

Vice President JD Vance gifted Pope Leo XIV a Chicago Bears jersey during the Windy City native's inaugural mass over the weekend. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and their wives met with the new pope during a private meeting.

During a meeting at the Vatican on Monday, U.S. Vice President JD Vance gifted Pope Leo XIV a personalized Chicago Bears jersey and extended an invitation to visit the United States ahead of the U.S.-led push for ceasefire negotiations in Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The Archdiocese of Chicago has scheduled a Mass and a special program to celebrate the election and inauguration of Pope Leo XIV, a native son of the Windy City.

The Dolton Village Board on Monday approved the naming of a street in honor of Pope Leo XIV, who grew up in the south suburb.

It’s just remarkable to see someone I know as the pope,” said the Rev. Joe Roccasalva, an Augustinian priest who grew up in Beverly on the South Side.

I would suspect that people are very proud that Chicago produced a pope, and it testifies to the fact that there’s a lot of good here in the city that recommends itself to the church.”

Gayle King exclusively told PEOPLE what she yelled while sitting in the front row at Pope Leo XIV's inauguration mass alongside Oprah Winfrey and Maria Shriver.

Chicagoans in Rome this weekend who knew the former Robert Prevost during his religious studies on the South Side and work in Peru say he will lead the Catholic Church "with a deep sensitivity for people who are the most suffering,