Chicago mayor: ‘Everything dope, including the Pope, comes from Chicago!’

How Front Pages Around the World Covered the Selection of Pope Leo XIV - Overpasses For America

Newspapers around the world on Friday covered the election of a new pope, Robert Francis Prevost, who took the name Leo XIV, with big photos, plays on words and nods to his nationalities. Pope Leo XIV, who was born in Chicago, made history as the first North American pope, and plenty of tabloids and broadsheets played up his background as an American. Many newspapers used the Latin phrase “Habemus papam,” which means “We have a pope.” For Englis…

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Velocity Jets, a private charter company, is inviting travelers a direct route from Pope Leo XIV's native Chicago to Rome in celebration of him becoming the first American pontiff.

Gino's East of Chicago in LA announces the Pope-roni Pizza

Honoring the first American Pope and he's from Chicago

Chicago celebrates cultural victory with native son, Pope Leo XIV

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Is Pope Leo XIV Actually From Chicago? Yes, He Is — And South Suburban Dolton, Too

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Villanova president on learning Leo XIV became pope: 'I screamed'

Father Peter Donohue, the president of Villanova University, joins TODAY to share how he learned about the election of Pope Leo XIV. "I was actually in a restaurant in Chicago having lunch with some friends. I screamed in this restaurant!" He also shares his insight into what Pope Leo is like as a person. “He’s very simple. He’s very gentle. He’s not boastful at all. He’s a very intelligent man,” he says.