Chicago mayor invites Pope Leo XIV to visit in 2027 | AP News Chicago mayor invites the pope to come home Johnson took the opportunity to invite Leo to his hometown next year, recalling St John Paul II’s visit as pope to Chicago and Mass in Grant Park on Oct 5, 1979, “forever remembered as the most spiritually inspiring day in Chicago history ” “Your Holiness, you were a young priest-in-training at the time Perhaps you were there Perhaps you
Pope Leo XIV Meets With Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Pope Leo XIV Meets With Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson The Pontiff met with Johnson at the Vatican on May 28 and was formally invited to visit his native city next year
Chicago mayor invites Pope Leo XIV to visit his native city next year ROME (AP) — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday invited Pope Leo XIV to visit his native Chicago next year during a private meeting with the pontiff at the Vatican In a letter that Johnson handed to the pontiff, the mayor recalled Pope John Paul II’s visit to Chicago and Mass in Grant Park on […]