Thursday May 8, 2025

The Catholic Church has a new pope and he has local roots. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said the election is a "historic moment” for the Chicago-area native. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson wrote on X: “Everything dope, including the Pope, comes from Chicago!” Plus, a new exhibition on display at Wrightwood 659 in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood is attracting a lot of local attention. It's called “The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869 to 1939.”