POPE LEO XIV played at being a priest as a child and used the family’s ironing board as an altar, his brother has revealed.

POPE LEO XIV played at being a priest as a child and used the family’s ironing board ... he supports the Chicago White Sox baseball team and is said to love deep-dish pizza — the then Robert ...

In 1967, he moved to Chicago with just $7 ... friend and an unofficial godfather to many among his extended family and circle of friends. Dr. Arjun’s greatest legacy is the impact he had on ...

Almost immediately after the Tribune published an article Thursday mentioning that the newly-elected Pope Leo XIV had dined with old friends at Aurelio’s Pizza ... The Chicago roots of ...

By Hank Sanders Hank Sanders lived in Chicago for five years before moving to New York. He covered the pope’s suburban hometown for a local newspaper. May 9, 2025 Deep-dish pizza shall be served ...

LOS ANGELES, May 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Gino's East of Chicago in Los Angeles is offering a truly Chicago pizza to honor Pope Leo XIV, who grew up in Chicago. The Pope-roni pizza is worth ...

Catholics across the region celebrated the historic announcement Thursday that the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the church was born and raised in the Chicago area and marveled ...

CHICAGO, May 8 (Reuters) - The old parish church buildings on Chicago's far South Side where Pope Leo XIV grew up, attended grammar school and launched his career as a priest are now vacated and ...

doctored images and tongue-in-cheek references have piled up deeper than Chicago’s pizza and more loaded than its hot dog, seemingly irresistible to comics and commoners alike. Stained-glass ...

Serena Maria Daniels is an editor for Eater, Midwest region, responsible for coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. She's a longtime Detroiter, by way of the West Coast and has been a ...

"Hey Chicago, He's a Cubs Fan!" Similarly, Bennison's, a bakery in Evanston, just north of the city, announced a new sugar cookie with Prevost's likeness that it promised was "as divine as the ...