Chicago Catholics react Pope Leo's First Christmas Eve mass
Chicago Catholics attending Christmas mass at Holy Name Cathedral downtown said they are filled with pride seeing Pope Leo XIV leading the church.
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Chicago Catholics attending Christmas mass at Holy Name Cathedral downtown said they are filled with pride seeing Pope Leo XIV leading the church.
Holy Name Cathedral has officially turned 150 years old.
The cathedral was built after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and has served as the center of the Archdiocese of Chicago ever since.
Before last week, the highlight of recent Chicago history involving a pope dated back more than 45 years.
These are highlight clips of live coverage from Bill Kurtis, Walter Jacobson, and the Channel 2 News team of Pope John Paul II's visit to Chicago in October 1979, including a prayer service at Holy Name Cathedral where Luciano Pavarotti sang "Ave Maria," and of course, the pope's open-air mass in Grant Park. Original airdates: Oct. 4-5, 1979.
It was an overflow crowd for the 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning mass.
While part of the mass was dedicated to Pope Leo XIV, many parishioners also came to celebrate Mother's Day. Shardaa Gray reports.
"It's been an unbelievable week, obviously, for all of us," said Mark Duffey, who was ordained as a deacon at St. Thomas of Villanova Parish in Palatine.
Fifteen deacons were ordained Saturday morning at Holy Name Cathedral in downtown Chicago, in a private mass many people called magical, especially on the heels of the selection of a new pope who is a Chicago native.
Celebrations for the first Chicago-born pope continued Friday as many, many Chicagoans sharing their memories of a priest they never knew would one day become the Holy Father.
It's the first time Chicagoans prayed for a pope who is one of their own.
Born Robert Francis Prevost, he is now known as Pope Leo XIV.
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With the papal conclave under way in the Vatican to select a new pope, many at Holy Name Cathedral prayed Wednesday for the cardinal electors to make the right choice.
With the papal conclave under way in the Vatican to select a new pope, many at Holy Name Cathedral prayed Wednesday for the cardinal electors to make the right choice. Shardaa Gray reports.
There are 10 American cardinals in the conclave. Five were appointed by Pope Francis, including Cupich.
A mass Sunday was also intended to extend prayers for Blase Cardinal Cupich, as h e takes part in the upcoming papal conclave. Shardaa Gray reports.
Bishop Larry Sullivan delivered the sermon at a special commemoration for Pope Francis, hours after the pope was laid to rest.
"Francis not only believed, but he had a palpable experience of the risen Lord," Cardinal Cupich said.
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At Holy Name Cathedral on the Near North Side, Blase Cardinal Cupich led the faithful in the annual procession of Palm Branches.
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