Preservationists seek landmark designation for Pope Leo XIV's boyhood church on Far South Side

Preservationists seek landmark designation for Pope Leo XIV's boyhood church on Far South Side

Preservation Chicago will go before a Commission on Chicago Landmarks committee to recommend a landmark district for sites linked to Pope Leo XIV.

Chicago-style hotdogs, pizza, the White Sox just a few of new pope's Windy City faves

As details of Pope Leo XIV's past life come to light many are struck by his Chicago roots and his Chicago-ness.

A few of Pope Leo XIV's Windy City favorites include Chicago-style hot dogs, pizza and the White Sox - The Dialog

CHICAGO — “In honor of Pope Leo XIV, I’m going to have a thin crust pizza,” said Augustinian seminarian Brother Nathan Fernandes, a former chef at a fine dining Italian restaurant, in a tongue-in-cheek nod to the Chicago-born pope’s now permanent home in Rome. Best known to this year’s set of seminarians from the Augustinian Midwest Province as Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the native Chicagoan had just been elected pope the day before, on May 8, …

The announcement was launched before the conclave. With the announcement of Prevost, the owner made a new decision.