Some Chicagoans made a special delivery to the first American pope: Aurelio's pizza. Pope Leo XIV, who grew up on Chicago's South Side and south suburbs, was greeting a sea of faithful in St. Peter's Square Wednesday morning for a jubilee youth event when he saw a sign in the crowd. It said, "We have Aurelio's pizza!"

Pope Leo XIV’s love for the Chicago White Sox and Chicago pizza is well documented, so much so that a group of young Catholic influencers hatched a plan to deliver the pope’s favorite

A group of young Catholic influencers teamed up to get Pope Leo XIV his favorite dish — Aurelio’s pepperoni pizza — shipped from his hometown of Chicago.