Religion
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Vote on South Barrington church plan delayedMay 09, 2025 1:51 pm - South Barrington trustees didn’t debate a controversial plan to construct a church and school in town as expected Thursday and instead pushed the issue to early next month.
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As ‘Born in the U.S.A.’ plays, American cardinals in Rome celebrate Pope Leo XIV
May 09, 2025 12:51 pm - Speakers blasted songs including “Born in the U.S.A.” and “American Pie” as six cardinal electors from the United States gathered in Rome on Friday to share their thoughts on the election of the first U.S.-born pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost.
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Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass as pope, says his election is a cross and a blessing
May 09, 2025 6:35 am - Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass in Sistine Chapel.
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Cubs or Sox? New pope’s Chicago roots lead to debate over baseball loyaltiesMay 08, 2025 8:16 pm - The election of a new pope brings all kinds of analysis and theorizing, about his chosen papal name, his views on reforms, his fluency in Italian, even his choice of footwear. But after learning they can call the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics one of their own, many Chicagoans and suburbanites also mused on something eternally sacred: Pope Leo XIV’s baseball allegiances.
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‘One of our own’: Chicago archdiocese leaders happily shocked by choice of popeMay 08, 2025 8:08 pm - The Rev. Gregory Sakowicz was dispensing communion at Holy Name Cathedral when he learned the news a fellow priest from Chicago had been chosen as the next pope.
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Photo Gallery: Chicago native Robert Prevost is first American popeMay 08, 2025 3:18 pm -
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‘It was a shocking moment’: At home in New Lenox, new pope's brother found out like everyone elseMay 08, 2025 3:10 pm - The choice of American Robert Prevost as the next pope shocked the world, including his brother, John, who lives in south suburban New Lenox.
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Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, overcame a taboo against a US pontiff
May 08, 2025 1:28 pm - Pope Francis brought Robert Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations, one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church. On Thursday, he ascended to become Pope Leo XIV — the first American pontiff.
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Robert Prevost, a Chicago native, is first American pope in history of Catholic Church
May 08, 2025 8:04 am - Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.
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After delays, controversial church proposal heads to South Barrington village boardMay 07, 2025 5:23 pm - After months of delays, a controversial plan to construct a church and school in South Barrington has cleared a key bureaucratic hurdle and is headed to the village board Thursday night for consideration.