As many as 150,000 people turned out in the Vatican Sunday for Pope Leo XIV's installation mass, and many Chicagoans made the journey to Rome to represent their hometown pope. For a select few, the day was more special than they ever imagined.

It’s just remarkable to see someone I know as the pope,” said Rev. Joe Roccasalva, an Augustinian priest who grew up in Beverly on the South Side.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived in Rome, Italy, on Saturday, May 17, to join other world leaders at the solemn mass marking the beginning of the Pontificate of Pope Leo XIV, the new leader of the Roman Catholic ChurchLegit.