<p>Ever since Robert Prevost became the first American pope, Mayor Brandon Johnson has said more than once, “Everything dope, including the pope, comes from Chicago," and has been searching for a way to pay a lasting tribute to the homegrown pontiff.</p><p>Ald. Ray Lopez (15th) thinks he’s found a Chicago centerpiece grand enough and important enough to honor Pope Leo XIV: Northerly Island, the underutilized lakefront oasis that once housed Meigs Field.</p><p>Lopez plans to introduce a resolution at Wednesday’s City Council meeting that, if approved, would urge the Chicago Park District to rename as "Pope Leo XIV Northerly Island" the nature park created after former Mayor Richard M. Daley famously sent in the bulldozers in the dark of night to carve giant Xs into Meigs Field’s only runway.