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…
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* 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.