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‘DA POPE!’ Leo XIV’s Chicago roots unleash spate of holy humor
In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first US-born pontiff, the memes, doctored images, and tongue-in-cheek references have piled up deeper than Chicago’s pizza and more loaded than its hot dog, seemingly irresistible to comics and commoners alike.
Chicago’s South Side was solidly working class during Pope Leo’s childhood, said Rob Paral, a researcher at the Great Cities ...
An interview with a brother of Pope Leo XIV conducted by a journalist for The Associated Press was interrupted when the new ...
In a place where civic pride is a way of life, Chicagoans need little help believing the election of Pope Leo shows their ...
"The Pope is from Chicago. This is one of the biggest moments in the modern history of our city," said Mayor Brandon Johnson ...
The new pope, who was born Robert Francis Prevost, hails from the Chicago area, where he grew up in a southern suburb just ...
Thursday’s meme economy was flooded with images of the newly named Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago with the given name Robert ...
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