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Chicago artist creates Marian icon for Pope Leo XIV, who will keep the image in his bedroom
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In Short: Chicago-based iconographer Joseph Malham created a Marian icon for Pope Leo XIV, who will keep it in his bedroom.
After Pope Leo XIV was elected, he traveled to Genazzano, Italy, to pray before the image located in the basilica.
Given the Holy Father’s Augustinian roots, Airdo decided to give him an image of Our Lady of Good Counsel, which holds a special place in the Augustinian tradition.
Pope Leo XIV made a pilgrimage to the historic Marian shrine in Genazzano on September 7, the eve of the Feast of the Nativity of Mary.
The devotion is rooted in a centuries-old image of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child venerated at the Basilica Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy, entrusted to the Augustinians.
In a separate development, the Chicago White Sox won a playoff series against the Houston Astros, with the pope sending a blessing to the team ahead of their wild-card opener.
Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago invited Pope Leo XIV to celebrate Mass in Grant Park next year, bonding over their shared advocacy for migrants and descendants of slavery.
The mayor and the pope discussed serious matters like federal immigration raids in Chicago, as well as their differences on Chicago baseball.
The Marian icon created by Malham is a significant gift for Pope Leo XIV, reflecting the deep connection between the pope and his Chicago roots.
The Chicago White Sox's playoff victory and the pope's blessing highlight the pope's interest in sports as a 'school of life.'
What's confirmed
- The Chicago-born pope made his first public comments to commemorate the anniversary, speaking in English at the end of his traditional Sunday noon blessing from his studio window overlooking St.
- At the time, he was the Chicago provincial leader of the Augustinians.
What's still developing
- “I said, ‘It can be done,’” Malham told “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Veronica Dudo on Oct. 21.
- Local media outlets reported Oct. 14 that students at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy were planning to send the pope items including get-well cards and a Chicago White Sox blanket.
- 13, during which doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung.
- Coordinated by the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization, the rosary initiative brings together some of the most visited Marian pilgrimage sites in the world, including the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary in Fatima, Portugal, the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France and the Sanctuary of Our Lady Queen of Peace in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Doctors diagnosed the 71-year-old Chicago-born pope with pulmonary adenocarcinoma, a cancer that affects both smokers and non-smokers alike.
- The Houston Astros fall 7-3 to Chicago and end their 2026 MLB season HOUSTON (AP) — From 100 losses to their first playoff series win in two decades, these scrappy Chicago White Sox just keep outdoing themselves.
- It’s the first time Chicago has won a playoff series since beating Houston in the World Series in 2005.
- Chicago’s next baserunner came when Lambert walked Andrew Benintendi to start the sixth and then walked Tristan Peters.
- Chicago pounced on the Astros for four runs in the first inning a day after scoring three in the first two innings of a 6-3 win.
- The Chicago White Sox used a big first inning and a three-run homer from Chase Meidroth to propel them to a 7-3 win over the Houston Astros to sweep their AL Wild Card Series.
- Julia Ramírez brought with her the youngest guest of honor in the Chicago delegation of about 50: her son Victor Nicholas, who turned 6 months old on Thursday.
- … A pope who can talk about global international population shift and could have a good home Chicago argument over the Cubs and the Sox, that’s who we are in Chicago.” Sporting a black suit adorned with a Chicago flag-themed lapel pin and cufflinks, Johnson then quipped, “Chicagoans, we can — I don’t know if this is a real word … but we can pontiff-y anything.