Julie Bosman

Chicago

Chicago Bureau Chief at The New York Times

Chicago bureau chief for The New York Times. Sifting and winnowing. Email: [email protected]

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Articles

Pope’s Childhood in a Changing Chicago Tells a Story of Catholic America

4 days ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Ruth Graham |Julie Bosman

Share Before he was Pope Leo XIV, or even Father Bob, he was the youngest of the three Prevost boys in the pews at St. Mary of the Assumption Parish on the far edge of Chicago’s southern border.The parish was bustling when the future pope and his family were parishioners there in the 1950s and ’60s. All three brothers attended elementary school at the parish school.
Pope's Childhood in a Changing Chicago Tells a Story of Catholic America

4 days ago | nytimes.com | Ruth Graham |Julie Bosman

The pope grew up in a Catholic enclave on Chicago's South Side. That community is gone now. The former St. Mary of the Assumption Parish in Chicago, Pope Leo XIV's childhood parish. Credit... Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times Before he was Pope Leo XIV, or even Father Bob, he was the youngest of the three Prevost boys in the pews at St. Mary of the Assumption Parish on the far edge of Chicago's southern border.
He Grew Up in a Parish on Chicago’s South Side. Now He’s the Pope.

5 days ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Julie Bosman |Mitch Smith

Share At Catholic elementary schools in Chicago on Thursday afternoon, the intercoms crackled with a surprise announcement — “Habemus papam!” — prompting students to jump on their chairs and whoop with excitement.Crowds materialized outside Holy Name Cathedral downtown, considered the mother church of Chicago Catholics, and workers hung yellow and white bunting over the arched doorway.Across the country, Catholics marveled at the announcement of the first American pope, something that had...
An urgent question for the pope: Cubs or Sox?

6 days ago | seattletimes.com | Julie Bosman

CHICAGO — In Chicago, a city where baseball allegiance has no middle ground, one of the first questions people asked was whether the Chicago-born pope cheered for the White Sox or the Cubs. The lines dividing Cubs and Sox fans are not always clear. Generally speaking, North Siders root for the Cubs, since Wrigley Field is on their side of the city. South Siders are usually loyal to the Sox, who play at Rate Field in Bridgeport, on the South Side.
Pope Leo XIV Is From Chicago. Is He a Cubs or a White Sox Fan?

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Julie Bosman

In Chicago, a city where baseball allegiance has no middle ground, one of the first questions people asked was whether the Chicago-born pope cheered for the White Sox or the Cubs. The lines dividing Cubs and Sox fans are not always clear. Generally speaking, North Siders root for the Cubs, since Wrigley Field is on their side of the city. South Siders are usually loyal to the Sox, who play at Rate Field in Bridgeport, on the South Side.
Americans Celebrate Pope Leo XIV, the First Pontiff From the U.S.

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Jack Healy |Julie Bosman |Kate Selig

Across the country, Catholics and non-Catholics alike greeted Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV with reverence and satisfaction. The election of a Chicago-born cardinal as the first American pope on Thursday astonished Catholics and non-Catholics alike across the United States. Some felt a burst of patriotic pride that a 2,000-year-old institution had chosen its new leader, Leo XIV, from a country that is about to celebrate its 250th birthday.
Pope Leo XIV Grew Up in the Chicago Area

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Julie Bosman

For Chicagoans, the selection of Robert Francis Prevost was thrilling and a little stunning. On Thursday, Pope Leo XIV became a new leader to the world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics. To the Rev. William Lego on the South Side of Chicago, who was watching television in his office when the new pope was announced, he was his old friend Bob. "They picked a good man," said Father Lego, the pastor of St. Turibius Parish, who has known the new pope since their high school days.
Former Judges Condemn Trump Administration's Arrest of Wisconsin Judge

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Julie Bosman

More than 150 former state and federal judges have signed a letter to Pam Bondi, the attorney general, condemning the Trump administration's escalating battles with the judiciary and calling the recent arrest of a sitting state court judge in Milwaukee an attempt to intimidate. The judge, Hannah C. Dugan of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, was arrested by F.B.I. agents in April on charges of obstructing immigration agents.
Illinois Driver Who Killed 4 May Have Had a Medical Emergency, Officials Say

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Julie Bosman

The Illinois State Police said on Thursday that the woman who drove her Jeep through an after-school center in Chatham, Ill., earlier this week could have experienced a medical episode before the crash, which killed three children and a teenager. The driver, a 44-year-old Chatham resident, tested negative for alcohol and controlled substances in the aftermath, authorities said. "Some evidence has been developed indicating the possibility of a medical emergency leading up to the crash," Brendan F.
Illinois Town Grieves After Car Slams Through Building, Killing 4 Young People

2 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Julie Bosman

Share Patrick McCarthy, the village manager in Chatham, Ill., was at his office on Monday afternoon when he heard the wails of so many sirens in his town of 14,000 people that he knew something was terribly wrong.When he and a co-worker rushed to the scene a few blocks away, they saw what appeared to have been a violent and inexplicable accident: A car had plowed through a field, avoiding trees and pillars, and crashed through an after-school center.