Illinois prison artist wowed that her artwork reached Pope Leo XIV

WBEZ News
01/12/2025 3 min
Illinois prison artist wowed that her artwork reached Pope Leo XIV

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Illinois Governor J-B Pritzker and his wife MK recently paid Pope Leo the 14th a visit in Rome.

They presented the Chicago-born pontiff with a few Illinois-themed gifts, including a drawing made by a woman incarcerated in a downstate prison.

HOST: LANE

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