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Pope Leo XIV

A papal pilgrimage through Chicago’s South Side

Jack Figge
Jun 16, 2025
∙ Paid

Billboards for a Culvers, Chuck E Cheese, and weed dispensary mark the exit ramp for the start of a very different kind of papal pilgrimage.

I eased my car off I-57 and navigated my way through the streets of the Windy City’s South Side, searching for a small brick house with a red door.

Like most other 1950 era homes, there is nothing remarkable about th…

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