Caption contest!
Wednesday, Nov 19, 2025 - Posted by Isabel Miller
* NBC Chicago…
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker met privately with Pope Leo XIV Wednesday morning in Rome, NBC 5 has learned. […]
“I didn’t just ask him about coming to Chicago, I presented him with an invitation that I brought with me to come to Chicago,” Pritzker said in an interview with NBC 5 early Wednesday. “And that we are prepared to receive him with a level of excitement that he can only imagine. And he was optimistic.” […]
“You can feel his humanity,” Pritzker said in the interview. “It was a special moment, even for this Jewish boy.”
Pritzker said the Pope was “pleased” to hear that there were fewer Immigration Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents on the ground in Illinois, and that the National Guard was not deployed. The comments come days after reports indicate “Operation Midway Blitz,” which has been ongoing since September, appeared to be winding down.
* Reuters…
Pope Leo received a special gift on Wednesday from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, a four-pack of American mild ale from a Chicago brewery.
Pritzker, visiting Leo at the Vatican, handed the beers over to the pope as part of a gift exchange. He suggested Leo, originally from Chicago and the first U.S. pope, might enjoy a local brew.
“We’ll put that in the fridge,” Leo responded, taking the beers and putting them on a table. […]
The beer, a new release from Burning Bush Brewery on Chicago’s north side, is named “Da Pope”, a play on a famous sketch on the Saturday Night Live television show about the Chicago Bears American football team.
* NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern…
Caption?
* More…
* ABC Chicago | Governor JB Pritzker meets with Pope Leo XIV in Vatican: The governor’s office said Governor Pritzker presented Pope Leo with gifts: Art from Incarcerated Woman at Logan Correctional Facility, Lincoln: The Life and Legacy that Defined a Nation by Ian Hunt , A House That Made History: The Illinois Governor’s Mansion, Legacy of an Architectural Treasure by MK Pritzker and a pack of Burning Bush Breweries’ Da Pope American Mild Ale
- @misterjayem - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 8:30 am:
“And so it’s agreed: Jordan ruled.”
– MrJM
- Linus - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 8:41 am:
“You’ve got a deal, Holy Father: I’ll be Jake, you do Elwood. Next Halloween, governor’s mansion.”
- Banish Misfortune - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 8:43 am:
Honestly, can’t go with the snark this morning. With so much going on, I’m proud that my city has produced two such fine leaders.
Right now I really need people I can admire, there is too little of that right now.
- We've never had one before - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 8:54 am:
Word on the street has it, and search engines have no problem finding it, that Vatican City has very very strict immigration and naturalization policies.
ICE is not needed, Swiss Guard is present.
- Pool Boy - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 8:55 am:
I have a hat just like that at home
- JS Mill - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 8:56 am:
Cubs fan meets Sox fan.
- 47th Ward - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 9:03 am:
A Chicago Handshake with no Malort?
- DS - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 9:05 am:
The Pope and the Khan.
- Northsider - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 9:26 am:
FYI, Da Pope is a very good beer. I highly recommend stopping in at Burning Bush for a glass or 4-pack when you’re on Da Nort’side.
- Keyrock - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 9:29 am:
Mutual respect.
- JS Mill - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 9:33 am:
Pool Boy for the win.
- Local150 - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 9:44 am:
“Did you hear the one about a Pope and a Governor go into a bar…..”
- Dance Band on the Titanic - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 9:58 am:
“Beer me dude.”
- Stanley - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 10:01 am:
Forgive me Father for I have sinned
Your penance will be a lot more than a 4 pack.
A multi billionaire can afford to leave a little more in the collection plate than that
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 10:19 am:
“And when you visit Chicago? You might not wanta wear that white outfit when you’re eating deep-dish.”
- Bruce( no not him) - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 10:31 am:
Any chance I can get you to convert?
Each says to the other.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 10:33 am:
JB: “No kidding? I was on Bozo’s Circus too.”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 10:36 am:
Pope: “If I were you, I’d give a little more thought to that JBmobile idea.”
- Bruce( no not him) - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 10:39 am:
“ Any chance I can get you to convert?
Each says to the other”
Baseball teams, I mean.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 11:07 am:
Pope: “Yeah, the pointy hat keeps getting knocked off in doorways, but it is a great place to stash a kielbasa sandwich.”
- South Side - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 11:53 am:
I think it’s pretty ironic that when anyone from the suburbs meets anyone from Chicago and they say they are from Chicago, the Chicago guy will say, no..the suburbs “ain’t” Chicago….but now Chicago wants to claim the Pope…when in reality, the Pope is from Dolton…not Chicago.
- Res Ketcher - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 11:58 am:
” Deep Dish , Thanks, but prefer SW Side thin crust like Vito & Nick’s “
- Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 1:05 pm:
Pope: “Pat Quinn called me last week. Wanted to know if we had any Cardinal jobs open.”
- Occasionally Moderated - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 1:14 pm:
“Holy Father, is it a coincidence that the Bears have a better record than the Packers?”
- West Side the Best Side - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 1:19 pm:
“You’re from Chicago I hear.” “Yes, I am.” “What parish?” (A Chicago question that applies regardless of religion.)
- OneMan - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 1:35 pm:
Governor Jim Thompson used to show up to Dolton’s 4th of July parade every year, just sayin.
Go Sox
- Anyone Remember - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 1:48 pm:
Streator Curmudgeon for the win!
- Bud's Bar Stool - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 2:16 pm:
“I bring Italian beef.”
- ChrisB - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 3:05 pm:
As heard at Open Mic Night…
“So da Pope and da Governor are out at a bar…”
- Jacque Pepin’s Left Arm - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 4:16 pm:
“I’m sorry. We don’t have Kosher here.”
- Jolietj - Wednesday, Nov 19, 25 @ 8:06 pm:
Now we know why he went now I guess