Then Leo came along. Plagued by the tempests of drugs, murder, corruption and other vices of biblical proportion for much of the past five decades, residents in this tiny burg just south of Chicago are seeing a ray of divine hope in their most famous native son,

On Monday, Vice President JD Vance met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, where he gifted the Chicago-born pope a custom Bears jersey, according to CBS News. It included his name (Pope Leo) and number (naturally, XIV). “Good choice,” he told Vance when he received the jersey.

Pope Leo XIV has officially dethroned Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama as Chicago’s most famous local. Winfrey, whose The Oprah Winfrey Show originated in Chicago, happily passed the torch to the new pope.

Vice President JD Vance met with the newly-elected Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Monday and gifted the Chicago native a Bears jersey with his name and the number “XIV." Secretary of State Marco Rubio as well as Vance’s wife,

In 1999, Leo returned to Chicago after he was elected head of the ... Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday after two rounds of voting in the papal conclave.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has extended an invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States during a meeting at the Vatican.

Some Catholics in Chicago still hope the new pope will signal greater acceptance for the LGBTQ+ community — with time.

The childhood home of Pope Leo XIV in a Chicago suburb is being offered up ‘via luxury private auction,’ according to the listing