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Trump Interrupts ‘SNL’ Mother’s Day Message to Talk Chicago Pope and Trade Deals as Cecily Strong Returns as Wine-Guzzling Jeanine Pirro
Former cast member Cecily Strong then dropped by to reprise her role as Jeanine Pirro, who Trump reentlty named as Interim ...
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 ...
White smoke at Vatican, phones blowing up in Chicago: Their old classmate Robert is pope
Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.
Robert Francis Prevost: The Augustinian from Chicago
In the frenzied days leading up to the papal conclave following Pope Francis’s passing on April 21, speculation was rampant: ...
Chicago area reacts to new pope — 'Everything dope, including the pope, comes from Chicago!'
"The Pope is from Chicago. This is one of the biggest moments in the modern history of our city," said Mayor Brandon Johnson ...
Ope, it’s a Chicago pope. Excuse us while America riffs.
Thursday’s meme economy was flooded with images of the newly named Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago with the given name Robert ...
Advocates press for accounting of sex-abuse cases in new pope’s past jurisdictions
Pope Leo XIV has never been accused of abuse, but has been in positions of authority when accusations of sexual abuse have ...