A family from Chicago gave new Pope Leo XIV a special gift in Rome today—a Chicago Bears-themed 'Da Pope' T-shirt. WGN's Kaitlin Sharkey shares the story. Don’t forget to like/comment/subscribe! It helps the WGN News channel greatly.

A Chicago family vacationing in Rome surprised the Vatican’s new pope with a Chicago Bears-themed gift Sunday. The Muñoz family met Pope Leo XIV after mass Sunday at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Pancras in Albano—think of the town as a southern suburb to Rome.

Marcel and Ann Muñoz were decked out with their three kids in shirts reading, "Da Pope" when they went to see Pope Leo XIV give mass in Italy.

Pope Leo called for an end to the 'barbarity of war' on Sunday as he spoke of his profound pain over an Israeli strike on the sole Catholic church in Gaza.

Pope Leo XIV renewed his call on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, asking the international community to respect international laws and the obligation to protect civilians. “I once again call for an immediate end to the barbarity of this war and for a peaceful resolution to the conflict,

The shelling of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza also damaged the church compound, where hundreds of Palestinians have been sheltering from the Israel-Hamas war, now in its