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Pope names Mexican-American woman to lead Vatican communications

Jun 3

Johnson continues Italy trip by touring historic sites with Rome mayor

May 30

Vatican agrees to review closure of suburban Catholic school

After 65 years, St. Hubert Catholic school officially closed for good last week when the school year ended. However, thanks to intervention from the Vatican, some parents have renewed hope that this is not the end for the school.

Jun 4

CTU president's travel to meet pope draws mixed response

May 28

Chicago-based group gets private audience with Pope Leo at Vatican

May 18

Pope Leo XIV rejects claims that God justifies war in Palm Sunday Mass

Mar 29

Vatican expands visitor experience to mark 400th anniversary

Feb 17

Vatican again OKs Illinois-born Archbishop Fulton Sheen beatification

Feb 9

Chicago Bulls sportscaster meets Pope Leo, gifts him jersey

Nov 6, 2025

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Chicago elementary school students react to meeting Pope Leo

Oct 8, 2025

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Chicago students to attend audience with Pope Leo in Vatican City

Oct 8, 2025

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Chicago students to travel to Vatican City for papal audience

Oct 1, 2025

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Pope Francis skips Palm Sunday homily at start of busy Holy Week

Mar 25, 2024

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Pope Francis cancels more engagements Monday due to flu-like symptoms

Feb 26, 2024

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Pope cancels trip to Dubai for UN conference on doctors' orders

Nov 29, 2023

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Pope meets relatives of Israeli hostages and Palestinians in Gaza

Nov 23, 2023

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Vatican steps closer to allowing transgender Catholics to be baptized

Nov 9, 2023

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Pope Leo XIV appears to receive Cubs jersey from Assyrian church leader from Chicago

Assyrian church leader Mar Awa III, who is from Chicago, presented Pope Leo XIV with a gift.

Oct 29, 2025

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Vatican will return dozens of artifacts to Indigenous groups in Canada as gesture of reconciliation

Negotiations on returning the Vatican items accelerated after Pope Francis in 2022 met with Indigenous leaders who had traveled to the Vatican to receive his apology for the church's role in running Canada's disastrous residential schools.

Oct 22, 2025

Pope gives Venezuela reason to celebrate by canonizing its beloved 'doctor of the poor' as 1st saint

Pope Leo XIV has canonized Venezuela's "doctor of the poor" before tens of thousands of people.

Oct 19, 2025

Pope Leo tells Cubs fan 'they lost' from popemobile, video shows

Pope Leo appeared to troll a Chicago Cubs fan attending the general audience on Wednesday.

Oct 15, 2025

Pope Leo condemns economies that marginalize poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV criticized how the wealthy live in a "bubble of comfort and luxury" while poor people suffer on the margins.

Oct 9, 2025