<p></p><h3>Good morning, Chicago. ✶</h3><p>🔎 <b>Below</b>: Our journalists are at the Vatican to cover Mayor Brandon Johnson's upcoming meeting with the world's most famous Chicagoan, Pope Leo XIV. We'll give you the itinerary — and want you to give us your Rome recommendations.</p><p>🗞️ <b>Plus</b>: A local teen is home after immigration detention, fallout from the tainted "Broadview Six" case, a look behind the scenes of the new Second City show and more.</p><p>📝&nbsp;<b>Keeping score</b>:&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-whjlytk-l-y/" target="_blank" >The Cubs lost to the Pirates</a>, 12-1;&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-whjlytk-l-j/" target="_blank" >the White Sox fell to the Twins</a>, 5-3.</p><p>📧 <b>Subscribe</b>: <a class="Link" href="https://newsletter-hub.suntimes.com/" target="_blank" ><i>Get this newsletter delivered to your inbox weekday mornings.</i></a></p><p>⏱️:&nbsp;<i>An 8-minute read</i></p><hr><p></p><h4>TODAY’S WEATHER 🔆</h4><p>Sunny with a high near 83.&nbsp;The Chicago Metro area and Northwest Indiana are&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-whjlytk-l-i/" target="_blank" >under an air quality alert through Wednesday night</a>.</p><hr><p></p><h4>TODAY’S TOP STORY 🔎</h4><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-870000" name="image-870000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5ad3550/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8192x4598+0+433/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fde%2F75%2F3d12afb44de591dcaadec302e5a4%2Fmayorpope-260525-006.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/13839c9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8192x4598+0+433/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fde%2F75%2F3d12afb44de591dcaadec302e5a4%2Fmayorpope-260525-006.jpg 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d8926a0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8192x4598+0+433/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fde%2F75%2F3d12afb44de591dcaadec302e5a4%2Fmayorpope-260525-006.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks briefly in Peach&#x27;s restaurant on the South Side of Chicago on May 24, 2026." srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d8926a0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8192x4598+0+433/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fde%2F75%2F3d12afb44de591dcaadec302e5a4%2Fmayorpope-260525-006.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/18667c4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8192x4598+0+433/resize/980x550!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fde%2F75%2F3d12afb44de591dcaadec302e5a4%2Fmayorpope-260525-006.jpg 2x" width="490" height="275" data-src="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d8926a0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8192x4598+0+433/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fde%2F75%2F3d12afb44de591dcaadec302e5a4%2Fmayorpope-260525-006.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" > </picture> <div class="Figure-content"><figcaption class="Figure-caption"><p>Mayor Brandon Johnson, seen Sunday at Peach’s restaurant in Bronzeville, will travel to the Vatican this week to meet Pope Leo XIV.</p></figcaption><span class="line"></span><div class="Figure-credit"><p>Arthur Maiorella/For the Sun-Times</p></div></div> </figure> </div> </div><p></p><h3><a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-whjlytk-l-d/" target="_blank" >On Vatican trip, Mayor Johnson will laud Pope Leo for pushback against Trump</a></h3><p></p><h5>By <a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-whjlytk-l-h/" target="_blank" >Mariah Woelfel</a></h5><p><b>Mayor in Rome</b>: Mayor Brandon Johnson has a meeting Thursday with the world's most famous Chicagoan: Pope Leo XIV.&nbsp;He will be the latest Illinoisan to meet the pope, who has given locals from his hometown, including Gov.