Illinois governor meets with Pontiff
November 20, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Pope Leo XIV received Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois in an audience yesterday.
The governor tweeted that “it was an honor for [my wife] and me to meet with @Pontifex—a son of Illinois—to express the pride and reverence of the people of this great state. Pope Leo XIV’s message of hope, compassion, unity, and peace resonates with Illinoisans of all faiths and traditions.”
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Nov. 20, 2025 8:29 AM ET USA
Pope Leo left Illinois at the age of 14, when he entered Augustinian minor seminary in Michigan in 1969. Pritzker was born in California in 1965 and moved to Illinois as an adult. The only thing the two have in common is their dislike for Trump and his policies in regard to illegal border crossings.
