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3 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Clarence Page

Good morning, Chicago. On Thursday, Robert Francis Prevost was elected pope and now leads the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church. In the days since, we’ve spoken with family, friends and the owners of his favorite haunts when he visits home to learn more about Prevost. Read coverage of our homegrown head of the church below.

3 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Clarence Page

Once loyal Chicagoans got over the double shock of hearing that a local native, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was elected the 267th pope, some critically important, familiar questions came up:Which parish is he from? Sox fan or Cubs fan? And what bearing will his papacy have on the “Great Pizza Schism,” under which the local deep-dish faithful have suffered the odium of thin-crust New Yorkers? No problem. Pope Leo XIV, as he will be known, is very Chicago.

4 days ago | djournal.com | Clarence Page

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1 week ago | messenger-inquirer.com | Clarence Page

Will Donald Trump have Chicago to kick around anymore? That question, an update of Richard Nixon’s memorable farewell to news reporters as he dropped out of the California governor’s race in 1962, came to mind on the heels of some unusually welcome news about violent crime in Chicago. The city finished April with only 20 reported murders, according to a WBEZ analysis. That’s the lowest count of any April since 1962.

1 week ago | chicagotribune.com | Clarence Page

Will Donald Trump have Chicago to kick around anymore? That question, an update of Richard Nixon’s memorable farewell to news reporters as he dropped out of the California governor’s race in 1962, came to mind on the heels of some unusually welcome news about violent crime in Chicago. The city finished April with 20 reported homicides, the lowest count of any April since 1962, according to a .