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Pope Leo affirms marriage between man and woman, but some Chicago Catholics hope for LGBTQ outreach
Some Catholics in Chicago still hope the new pope will signal greater acceptance for the LGBTQ+ community — with time.
Pope Leo’s first church in ruins, owned by DJ, in danger of foreclosure
Pope Leo’s childhood church, St. Mary of the Assumption on Chicago’s south side, is in a state of disrepair and in danger of ...
Pope Leo’s Childhood Home to Be Sold at Auction by Same Firm That Sold Donald Trump's Family House
The owner’s realtor, Steve Budzik, previously told PEOPLE that they were “reevaluating” their next move after they heard the ...
'Pray for the new pope Americano': Italians warm to Chicago-born Pope Leo as merch hits Rome streets
Italians — and Romans in particular — have had mixed responses to the so-called “American pope.” Most are cautiously ...
Pope Leo XIV affirms family is based on union between a man and a woman, unborn has inherent dignity
Pope Leo XIV affirmed Friday that the family is founded on the “stable union between a man and a woman,” and that the unborn ...
Chicago's Cardinal Cupich says Pope Leo XIV is "going to be a voice" for issues like immigration, climate change
Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, said he expects Pope Leo XIV "feels an obligation," to speak to what he called ...
How a working-class Chicago suburb and a tight-knit Catholic parish shaped the first American pope
In one of Chicago’s south suburbs, while other boys were playing cops and robbers, the future Pope Leo XIV would pretend to hold Mass in the basement of his family’s small brick home, reading from ...
Portillo’s in Buena Park offers the ‘Leo,’ a Pope-inspired Italian beef sandwich
Now that Cardinal Robert Prevost is known to the world as Pope Leo XIV, Portillo’s in Buena Park is paying homage to his ...