Pope Leo XIV received his first visit from a Chicago official this week, and he also received an incredible gift from a Chicago entrepreneur.
In an NBC 5 Exclusive, Mary Ann Ahern spoke to Chicago Ald. Bill Conway, who visited the Vatican on Wednesday. He is now back in the United States, but before he left he presented the pontiff with a proclamation honoring the first American-born pope.
“The pope came over and I said ‘I’m Bill Conway, an alderman from the city of Chicago, and this is a proclamation we passed for you and he looked at it (and) expressed gratitude,” he said…