Here are the gifts that Mayor Brandon Johnson and his delegation presented Thursday to Pope Leo XIV. (Descriptions provided by the city.)
- Johnson personally presented Leo with a key to the city of Chicago and an invitation to return home and deliver mass in Grant Park.
- Chicago White Sox hat with the Italian flag and J.P. Graziano giardinara, two hot and two mild, from ownership
- An “Immigrants Make America Greater” hat from Chicago Sister Cities International program
- The pope’s parents’ diplomas from DePaul University from President Robert Manuel
- Pope Leo Cubs Jersey and two Cubs hats from the Cubs organization
- Chicago flag, Chicago White Sox hat with the Italian flag, Chicago tote bag and ceremonial Chicago street sign from the city of Chicago
- Honey from the Chicago Cultural Center roof from DCASE
- Brass tray with the Chicago lakefront etchings, three Chicago flag field notes, a World Business Chicago tote bag from the city of Chicago and World Business Chicago
- (2) “Everything Dope, Including the Pope, Comes from Chicago” T-shirts from Sherman “Dilla” Thomas
- Cornerstones book and a poster of stained glass from M.A.A.F.A Redemption Project Church and the Rev. Dr. Marshall E. Hatch Sr.
- Letters from parishioners at St. Benedict the African in Englewood, written by a 5-year-old, a 9-year-old and their mom with expressions of gratitude for his leadership
- Frango mints from Catholic Charities
- Hat and jersey from Chicago Sky
- Hat from DePaul University
- Letters from families of detained immigrants
- Hat from Loyola University
- “Bloodworks” by Bishop Horace Smith, MD
- United Airlines plane from United Airlines
- Southwest community ICE watch pin
- Sanctuary city pin
- “Resisting Tyrants Since Pharaoh” and White Sox kippot and White Sox pope T-shirt from Mishkan Chicago
- Silver dove necklace representing peace, image of the Eucharist procession in Broadview, the notes from families detained by ICE, from the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership
- “I Am Somebody” sweatshirt, Keep Hope Alive from Rainbow Push
- Union strike pin in a silver box, books and letter from St. Mary’s College
- “The Legacies of Sr. Madeleva Wolff, CSC,” edited by Jessica Coblentz and Susan Mancino
- “Saint Mary’s College,” Amanda Divine and Colin-Elizabeth Pier
- “God Bless the West Side” T-shirt from Alderman Jason Ervin (28th)
- “Operation Breadbasket: An Untold Story of Civil Rights in Chicago,” Martin L. Deppe
- “Keeping Hope Alive: Sermons and Speeches of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.,” edited by Grace Ji-Sun Kim
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