File #: 25-2885    Version: 1 Name: Celebrating his Holiness Pope Leo XIV
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 5/14/2025 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 5/15/2025 Final action: 5/15/2025
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION RESOLUTION CELEBRATING HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV WHEREAS, on May 8, 2025, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was announced as the 267th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church; and WHEREAS, then-Cardinal Prevost chose the papal name Leo XIV first used by Pope Leo the Great whose papacy lasted from 440 to 461, and included an infamous meeting with Atilla the Hun where Pope Leo dissuaded him from attacking Rome; and WHEREAS, then-Cardinal Prevost's papal name Leo was last used by Pope Leo XIII who led the Catholic Church 1878 and 1903 who is well known for his commitment to social issues, and for addressing workers' rights and capitalism in the face of the industrial age; and WHEREAS, Pope Leo XIV is the first Pope from the United States to fill the role; and WHEREAS, Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago in 1955 and grew up in south suburban Dolton in a devout Catholic family; and WHEREAS, in addition to his Chicago roots, Pope Leo XIV maintains a deep family history ...
Sponsors: SCOTT R. BRITTON, FRANK J. AGUILAR, ALMA E. ANAYA, JOHN P. DALEY, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, BILL LOWRY, DR. KISHA E. McCASKILL, DONNA MILLER, STANLEY MOORE, JOSINA MORITA, KEVIN B. MORRISON, SEAN M. MORRISON, MICHAEL SCOTT JR., TARA S. STAMPS, MAGGIE TREVOR, JESSICA VÁSQUEZ
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

RESOLUTION CELEBRATING HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV

WHEREAS, on May 8, 2025, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was announced as the 267th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church; and

WHEREAS, then-Cardinal Prevost chose the papal name Leo XIV first used by Pope Leo the Great whose papacy lasted from 440 to 461, and included an infamous meeting with Atilla the Hun where Pope Leo dissuaded him from attacking Rome; and

WHEREAS, then-Cardinal Prevost's papal name Leo was last used by Pope Leo XIII who led the Catholic Church 1878 and 1903 who is well known for his commitment to social issues, and for addressing workers' rights and capitalism in the face of the industrial age; and

WHEREAS, Pope Leo XIV is the first Pope from the United States to fill the role; and

WHEREAS, Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago in 1955 and grew up in south suburban Dolton in a devout Catholic family; and

WHEREAS, in addition to his Chicago roots, Pope Leo XIV maintains a deep family history in Louisiana, and has Haitian and Creole ancestry; and

WHEREAS, then-Cardinal Prevost graduated from Villanova University in Pennsylvania with a degree in mathematics, followed by a Master's of Divinity from the Catholic Theological Union of Chicago; and

WHEREAS, following his ordination, then-Cardinal Prevost was a missionary in Peru leading an Augustinian seminary. He obtained Peruvian citizenship in 2015, often referring to the country as his second homeland; and

WHEREAS, he was made a cardinal in 2023 by Pope Francis; and

WHEREAS, Pope Leo XIV has expressed a vision for a Church that is inclusive, led by servant leadership, and unafraid to confront the poverty, conflict, inequality that are all too rampant in our world; and

WHEREAS, there are 1.3 billion Catholics worldwide, and around 2 million Catholics in Cook and Lake Counties; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners, on behalf of the residents of Cook County, extend...

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