Christopher Walljasper

4 weeks ago | japantimes.co.jp | Emily Schmall |Tom Polansek |Christopher Walljasper

The old parish church buildings on Chicago's far South Side where Pope Leo XIV grew up, attended grammar school and launched his career as a priest are now vacated and in disrepair, a victim of the sometimes painful changes within the Roman Catholic Church since he was a boy. Even so, the derelict structures stand as a silent reminder to the new pontiff's deep, longstanding ties to the city and the second-largest Catholic archdiocese in the United States.

4 weeks ago | my957.com | Emily Schmall |Tom Polansek |Christopher Walljasper

By Emily Schmall, Tom Polansek and Christopher WalljasperCHICAGO (Reuters) – The old parish church buildings on Chicago’s far South Side where Pope Leo XIV grew up, attended grammar school and launched his career as a priest are now vacated and in disrepair, a victim of the sometimes painful changes within the Roman Catholic Church since he was a boy.

4 weeks ago | wkzo.com | Emily Schmall |Tom Polansek |Christopher Walljasper

By Emily Schmall, Tom Polansek and Christopher WalljasperCHICAGO (Reuters) – The old parish church buildings on Chicago’s far South Side where Pope Leo XIV grew up, attended grammar school and launched his career as a priest are now vacated and in disrepair, a victim of the sometimes painful changes within the Roman Catholic Church since he was a boy.

4 weeks ago | kfgo.com | Emily Schmall |Tom Polansek |Christopher Walljasper

By Emily Schmall, Tom Polansek and Christopher WalljasperCHICAGO (Reuters) – The old parish church buildings on Chicago’s far South Side where Pope Leo XIV grew up, attended grammar school and launched his career as a priest are now vacated and in disrepair, a victim of the sometimes painful changes within the Roman Catholic Church since he was a boy.

4 weeks ago | wiky.com | Emily Schmall |Tom Polansek |Christopher Walljasper

By Emily Schmall, Tom Polansek and Christopher WalljasperCHICAGO (Reuters) – The old parish church buildings on Chicago’s far South Side where Pope Leo XIV grew up, attended grammar school and launched his career as a priest are now vacated and in disrepair, a victim of the sometimes painful changes within the Roman Catholic Church since he was a boy.