Mike Donatelli exits the Red Line before making his way to Rate Field as Chicago celebrates the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Mass on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)
The Archdiocese of Chicago celebrated the historic election of Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV on June 14 at Rate Field, home of the White Sox. The program included music, film, in-person testimonials and prayer. A Catholic Mass will be celebrated afterward.
On May 8, Prevost made history as the first American-born pope in the Catholic church’s 2,000-year history. The 69-year-old Augustinian missionary was raised in south suburban Dolton and earned his master’s in divinity from Chicago Theological Union.
Sister Danuta Karwacka, with Albertine Sisters Serving, celebrates the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Nuns arrive for the Mass and a celebration of the election of Pope Leo XIV on June 14th, 2025, at Rate Field. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)Faithful attend a Mass and a celebration of the election of Pope Leo XIV on June 14th, 2025, at Rate Field. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)Priests walk onto the baseball field as a Catholic Mass begins while celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Cardinal Blase Cupich walks onto the baseball field as Mass begins while celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)People walk by a mural of Pope Leo XIV during the Mass and celebration at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)Kris Zoltek, left, and Anna Greczek, both of the Polish Highlanders Alliance of North America, enjoy a a citywide gathering at Rate Field, celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Sister Natanaela, with Missionary Sisters of St. Benedict, holds rosary beads while celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Via video, Pope Leo XIV speaks to people before the Mass at Rate Field. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)Sister Maggie Flynn, with Franciscans of the Eucharist of Chicago, celebrates Mass during the citywide gathering at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Via video, Pope Leo XIV speaks to people before the Mass at Rate Field. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)People attend a Mass at Rate Field on June 14th, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)People participate in Holy Communion at the end of a Catholic Mass while celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Leaders walk off the baseball field at the end of a Catholic Mass while celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Cardinal Blase Cupich leads the beginning of a Catholic Mass begins while celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Joe Tomaselli and his son, Miles, 1, stand in the stands after a Mass took place while celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Cardinal Blase Cupich blesses the altar with incense at the Mass at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)Priests make their way into the stands for the Communion at the end of a Mass at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Matthew Fennell claps as programming begins while celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Catholic Mass at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Mireya Robles waves her arms to a song during a citywide gathering at Rate Field, celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV, on June 14, 2025, at Rate Field. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Maria Alarcon Monteza, of Chiclayo, Peru, poses while waiting to enter Rate Field before celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Mass on June 14, 2025. Monteza knows Pope Leo XIV from their time together in Peru. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)The Revs. Ken Simpson, left, Walter Yepes and Robinson Ortiz make the sign of the cross at the end of a Catholic Mass while celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Members of Neocatechumenal Way gather outside of Rate Field before celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Catholic Mass on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Members of Little Sisters of the Poor exit the Red Line before making their way to Rate Field as Chicago celebrates the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Mass on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Members of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy Luciano Vargas, 5, and David Foerster, 5, sit in the sun before programming begins during a celebration of the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Mass at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Sister Max Nanyanzi, of Immaculate Heart of Mary Reparatrix, left, Sister Bernadette Wanza, of Little Sisters of St. Francis, and Sister Mary Njane, of Little Sisters of St. Francis, enter Rate Field before celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Mass on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Members of Little Sisters of the Poor exit the Red Line before making their way to Rate Field as Chicago celebrates the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Mass in Chicago on Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Sister Max Nanyanzi, of Immaculate Heart of Mary Reparatrix, waits in line to enter Rate Field before celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Mass on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)People exit the Red Line before making their way to Rate Field as Chicago celebrates the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Catholic Mass on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Members of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy, Eli Allen, 9, left, and Johan Lin, 7, sit before programming begins during a celebration of the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Mass at Rate Field on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Mike Donatelli exits the Red Line before making his way to Rate Field as Chicago celebrates the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Mass on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Members of Little Sisters of St. Francis walk toward Rate Field before celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Mass on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)Maria Alarcon Monteza, of Chiclayo, Peru, poses while waiting to enter Rate Field before celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Mass on June 14, 2025. Monteza knows Pope Leo XIV from their time together in Peru. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)
