Mayor Johnson continues Italy trip by touring historic sites with Rome mayor after pope meeting
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Week in Review: Illinois Lawmakers Race to Finish State Budget; Johnson Journeys to Meet Pope Leo
Week in Review: Illinois Lawmakers Race to Finish State Budget; Johnson Journeys to Meet Pope Leo Nick Blumberg Fri, 05/29/2026 - 19:02 The mayor of Chicago pays a visit to the bishop of Rome. Mayor Brandon Johnson presents Pope Leo XIV with a plethora of gifts — and invites him to say mass in Grant Park next year. It’s down to the wire in Springfield as lawmakers battle over the budget and a Bears stadium bill faces an uncertain future. Meanwhi…
Chicago mayor visits Pope Leo at Vatican, invites pontiff to return home
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson led a 46-person delegation to the Vatican on Wednesday for a private audience with Pope Leo XIV, the Chicago-born pontiff who was meeting with his hometown's leader for the first time since his election to the papacy. The pope declined to wear a Cubs hat that was presented to him by the mayor.
VATICAN CITY — “How is Chicago?” That was the first question Pope Leo XIV asked Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson when they met privately Thursday afternoon at the Vatican. For Johnson, it was clearly a pastoral question. The Voice Chicago WhatsApp. Find more news on our WhatsApp channel. Follow us. There was also a sense of familiarity, as if the pope were asking, “How are your people?” “I could tell that Chicago is strong and that we are transform…
During the visit to the Vatican on Thursday, May 28, 2026, by a large delegation from Chicago, the mayor of the third largest city in the United States invited the pope to come on an apostolic visit to his native city. Pope John Paul II sss was there in 1979, while the future Leo XIV was young Augustinian.
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