{"id":34505,"date":"2025-07-03T05:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T05:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/34505\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T05:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T05:37:09","slug":"bus-tour-exploring-pope-leos-chicago-roots-to-launch-next-month-nbc-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/34505\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus tour exploring Pope Leo\u2019s Chicago roots to launch next month \u2013 NBC Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bus tour centered around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/tag\/pope-leo-xiv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pope Leo XIV\u2019s<\/a> upbringing will soon traverse the Chicago area, and tickets are already on sale.<\/p>\n<p>Starting in August, Chicago Pope Tour will offer four-hour guided bus tours visiting landmarks from Leo\u2019s early life, according to the tour\u2019s website. Per-passenger ticket prices are listed at $59 on weekdays and $79 on weekends.<\/p>\n<p>Leo, the first American-born pope, was born in Chicago as Robert Prevost. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was born at Chicago\u2019s Mercy Hospital and was raised in the St. Mary of the Assumption Church parish, which sits near the city\u2019s border with Dolton, the southern suburb where Leo grew up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore he led millions, the Pope was just another Chicagoan,\u201d the tour website said. \u201cOur unique bus tour hits the real places where he lived, studied, prayed &#8211; and yes, ate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tour will highlight the pope\u2019s birthplace on Chicago\u2019s South Side, childhood home, seminary and childhood church, according to the company. The historical trek starts and concludes in Lincoln Park, near the Chicago Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>Included in the tour price is a slice of pizza at Aurelio\u2019s, a south suburban pizza parlor where Leo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2025\/05\/09\/chicago-loudly-and-proudly-claims-homegrown-pope-leo-xiv-and-the-popes-pizza-at-aurelios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has dined.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pizzeria recently added a <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/entertainment-culture\/2025\/05\/11\/da-pope-bobbleheads-unveiled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cPope-a-Roni\u201d<\/a> pizza to its menu, although the suburban chain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/aurelios-pizza-to-close-only-chicago-location-this-week\/3751444\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closed its only Chicago location<\/a> in May.<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Pope Tour claims to cater to \u201chistory lovers, curious Catholics, Chicago enthusiasts, and anyone who enjoys a good story.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Tickets can be purchased through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagopopetour.com\/book-a-tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the company\u2019s website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bus tour centered around Pope Leo XIV\u2019s upbringing will soon traverse the Chicago area, and tickets are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":34506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5386,1818,3417],"class_list":{"0":"post-34505","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-illinois","11":"tag-pope-leo-xiv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114787689727470459","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}