Chicago celebrates cultural victory with native son, Pope Leo XIV
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What are you going to bring up at the dinner table to get the conversation flowing? Did you read that article everybody has been talking about, too?
Who is it? Well, this week’s main character is related to Pope Leo XIV, who was elected on the second day of voting during the papal conclave. But the real main star that has come out of this week’s online chatter is the illustrious Midwestern city of Chicago, Illinois.
What’s the big deal? In layman’s terms, you could say that Chicago stays winning. What other city can claim to be the incubator for a pope, a former U.S. president and a conceptual Sufjan Stevens album?
What are people saying? They’re talking a lot about Malört, the Chicago famous booze, hot dogs and general cultural supremacy. DA POPE!
BREAK OUT THE MALORT BOYS WE GOT A CHICAGO POPE
— america’s gassy lounge singer (@KrangTNelson) May 8, 2025
Translation:
He has eaten our dogs#chicagopope pic.twitter.com/AXnRL4FzaV— The Wieners Circle (@TheWienerCircle) May 8, 2025
So, what now? Pope Leo’s next few weeks will be filled with all of the administrative bits and bobs required from any new job — that includes his uniform, his ring and his schedule.
He’s also the first pope with a digital footprint, and as internet sleuths try to build an idea of what kind of pope he might be, some have already found answers to the questions they think are most important: Sox or Cubs?
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