The Archdiocese of Chicago celebrated the historic election of Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV on June 14 at Rate Field, home of the White Sox. The program included music, film, in-person testimonials and prayer. A Catholic Mass will be celebrated afterward.
On May 8, Prevost made history as the first American-born pope in the Catholic church’s 2,000-year history. The 69-year-old Augustinian missionary was raised in south suburban Dolton and earned his master’s in divinity from Chicago Theological Union.
Sister Danuta Karwacka, with Albertine Sisters Serving, celebrates the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Nuns arrive, along with hundreds of people, to attend a mass and a celebration of the election of Pope Leo XIV on June 14th, 2025, at Rate Field. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)Faithful attend a mass and a celebration of the election of Pope Leo XIV on June 14th, 2025, at Rate Field. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)Priests walk onto the baseball field as a Catholic Mass begins while celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Cardinal Blase Cupich walks onto the baseball field at the beginning of a Catholic Mass begins while celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)People walk by a mural of Pope Leo XIV, as hundreds gather to attend a mass and a celebration of the election of Pope Leo XIV, at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)Pope Leo XIV gives a message to Rate Field during a citywide gathering and Catholic Mass at the ballpark in Chicago on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Kris Zoltek, left, and Anna Greczek, both of the Polish Highlanders Alliance of North America, enjoy a a citywide gathering at Rate Field, celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Sister Natanaela, with Missionary Sisters of St. Benedict, holds rosary beads while celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)On a video feed, Pope Leo XIV, speaks to the people before a Mass on June 14th, 2025, at Rate Field. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)Sister Maggie Flynn, with Franciscans of the Eucharist of Chicago, participates in a Catholic Mass while celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)On a video feed, Pope Leo XIV, speaks to the people before a Mass at Rate Field on June 14th, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)People attend a Mass at Rate Field on June 14th, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)People participate in Holy Communion at the end of a Catholic Mass while celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Priests walk off the baseball field at the end of a Catholic Mass while celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Cardinal Blase Cupich leads the beginning of a Catholic Mass begins while celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Joe Tomaselli and his son, Miles, 1, stand in the stands after a Catholic Mass took place while celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Cardinal Blase Cupich blesses the alter with insence as hundreds of people, take part in a Mass at Rate Field on June 14th, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)Priests make their way into the stands for the Communion at the end of a Mass at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Matthew Fennell claps as programming begins while celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Catholic Mass at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Mireya Robles waves her arms to a song during a citywide gathering at Rate Field, celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV, on June 14, 2025, at Rate Field. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Maria Alarcon Monteza, of Chiclayo, Peru, poses for a portrait while waiting to enter Rate Field before celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Catholic Mass on June 14, 2025. Monteza personally knew Pope Leo XIV. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Father Ken Simpson, left, Father Walter Yepes and Father Robinson Ortiz make the sign of the cross at the end of a Catholic Mass while celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Members of Neocatechumenal Way gather outside of Rate Field before celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Catholic Mass on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Members of Little Sisters of the Poor exit the Red Line before making their way to Rate Field as Chicago celebrates the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Catholic Mass on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Members of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy Luciano Vargas, 5, and David Foerster, 5, sit in the sun before programming begins during a celebration of the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Catholic Mass at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Sister Max Nanyanzi, of Immaculate Heart of Mary Reparatrix, left, Sister Bernadette Wanza, of Little Sisters of St. Francis, and Sister Mary Njane, of Little Sisters of St. Francis, enter Rate Field before celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Catholic Mass on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Members of Little Sisters of the Poor exit the Red Line before making their way to Rate Field as Chicago celebrates the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Catholic Mass in Chicago on Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Sister Max Nanyanzi, of Immaculate Heart of Mary Reparatrix, waits in line to enter Rate Field before celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Catholic Mass on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)People exit the Red Line before making their way to Rate Field as Chicago celebrates the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Catholic Mass on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Members of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy, Eli Allen, 9, left, and Johan Lin, 7, sit before programming begins during a celebration of the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Catholic Mass at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Mike Donatelli exits the Red Line before making his way to Rate Field as Chicago celebrates the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Catholic Mass on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Members of Little Sisters of St. Francis walk towards Rate Field before celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Catholic Mass on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)Maria Alarcon Monteza, of Chiclayo, Peru, poses for a portrait while waiting to enter Rate Field before celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Catholic Mass on June 14, 2025. Monteza personally knew Pope Leo XIV. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)
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