Full list of gifts Chicago’s mayor brought to Pope Leo XIV – NBC Chicago

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson met Pope Leo XIV in Rome Thursday, and he brought with him plenty of surprises.

Alongside his delegation of nearly 50 people, Johnson’s visit featured a number of Chicago-style gifts for Da Pope, including an invitation to return home and deliver a mass in the city’s Grant Park.

The meeting mark’s Johnson’s first visit with the Chicago-born pontiff. Johnson was also expected to meet with the Mayor of Rome and tour a new metro station before coming back to Chicago Saturday.

“I am just elated that the pope is from Chicago, right? And so I’m looking forward to this visit at the end of the month,” Johnson said in a previous interview with NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern. “And the first thing that I’m going to say to him? I’m going to thank him for his moral clarity, standing up for the most vulnerable, making sure that the people who are the least of these have more than what they need.”

A social post from Johnson before he left for the visit said “I look forward to exploring how we can use our respective authorities to advance justice both in Chicago and around the world.”

Here’s a look at what — and who — he brought with him to Italy:

Gifts

• Mayor Johnson personally presented Pope Leo with a Key to the City of Chicago and an invitation to return home and deliver mass in Grant Park. 
• Chicago White Sox hat with the Italian Flag, JP Graziano Giar, 2 hot 2 mild From Ownership 
• An Immigrants Make America Greater hat from the Chicago Sister Cities International program 
• The pope’s parent’s diplomas from DePaul University from President Robert Manuel  
• Pope Leo Cubs Jersey and two Cubs hats from The Cubs organization 
• Chicago Flag, Chicago White Sox hat with the Italian flag, Chicago tote bag, and ceremonial Chicago street sign from the City of Chicago 
• Honey from the Chicago Cultural center roof from DCASE 
• Brass tray with the Chicago lakefront etchings, 3 Chicago flag field notes, a World Business Chicago tote bag from the City of Chicago and World Business Chicago 
• (2) “Everything dope including the pope comes from Chicago” T-shirts from Sherman “Dilla” Thomas 
• Cornerstones book and a poster of stained glass from M.A.A.F.A Redemption Project Church and Rev. Dr. Marshall E. Hatch Sr.  
• Letters from parishioners at St. Benedict the African in Englewood, written by a 5-year-old and 9-year-old and their mom with expressions of gratitude for his leadership 
• Frango Mints from Catholic Charities 
• Hat and jersey from Chicago Sky 
• Hat from DePaul University 
• Letters from families of detained immigrants  
• Hat from Loyola University 
• Bloodworks by Bishop Horace Smith, MD 
• United Airlines plane from United Airlines  
• Southwest community ICE watch pin 
• Sanctuary city pin 
• Resisting tyrants since pharaoh and White Sox kippah and White Sox pope t-shirt from Mishkan Chicago 
• Silver dove necklace representing peace, Image of the Eucharist procession in Broadview so the notes from families detained by ICE. Coalition front spiritual and public leadership 
• I am somebody sweatshirt, Keep Hope Alive from Rainbow Push  
• Union strike pin in a silver box books and letter from St. Mary’s College 
• The Legacies of Sr. Madeleva Wolff, CSC, edited by Jessica Coblentz and Susan Mancino 
• Saint Mary’s College, Amanda Divine and Colin-Elizabeth  
• ‘God Bless the Westside’ t shirt from Alderman Ervin  
• Operation Breadbasket: An Untold Story of Civil Rights in Chicago, Martin L. Deppe 
• Keeping Hope Alive: Sermons and Speeches of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., edited by Grace Ji-Sun Kim 

Delegation

1. Brandon Johnson -Mayor, City of Chicago
2. Max Budovitch – Deputy Mayor, Business and Neighborhood Development, City of Chicago
3. Charles Smith – Vice Chair, World Business Chicago; and Chief Executive Officer, CS Insurance Strategies
4. Kristopher Anderson – Director, United Airlines
5. Martin Cabrera Jr – CEO, Cabrera Capital
6. Guy Chipparoni – Chairman of the Board, Choose Chicago; and President & CEO, Res Publica Group
7. Melissa Conyears-Ervin -City Treasurer, City of Chicago
8. John D’Alessandro – Principal, JLD Consulting Group, LLC
9. Joshua Davis – President and CEO, The Will Group
10. Stacy Davis Gates – President, Chicago Teachers Union
11. Mary Dillon -Former CEO, Foot Locker, Inc.
12. Jason Ervin – 28th Ward Alderman, City of Chicago
13. Pasquale Gianni – Principal, Gianni Legal and Consulting Services; and Chair, Milan Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International
14. Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann – Founder, Mishkan Chicago
15. Yusef Jackson – President & CEO, Rainbow Push Coalition
16. Charles Johnson – President, SodexoMagic
17. Reverend Tanya Lozano Washington – Pastor, Lincoln United Methodist Church; and CEO, Healthy Hood Chicago
18. Dr. Robert Manuel, PhD – President, DePaul University
19. Tamar Newberger -Chair of Chicago Sister Cities International, World Business Chicago
20. Dr. Michael Okińczyc-Cruz, DMin. – Executive Director, Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership
21. Julia Ramirez – 12th Ward Alderwoman, City of Chicago
22. Nadia Rawlinson – Co-owner & Operating Chairman, Chicago Sky; Board of Directors for Vail Resort, Stanford University Board of Trustees and Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors
23. Dr. Mark Reed – President, Loyola University Chicago
24. Sheila Regan – Chief Operating Officer, Acclivus
25. Lamont Robinson – 4th Ward Alderman, City of Chicago
26. Antonio Romanucci – Attorney at Law, Romanucci and Blandin LLC
27. Carmen Rossi – CEO, 8 Hospitality
28. Reverend Reginald Sharpe Jr. – Senior Pastor, Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church
29. Maria Simon – General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
30. Bishop Horace E. Smith, M.D. – Senior Pastor, Apostolic Faith Church; and Pediatric Oncologist & Hematologist, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
31. Phil Stefani – Owner, Phil Stefani Restaurants
32. Reverend Stephen Thurston – Pastor, New Covenant Baptist Church
33. Jeffrey Torosian – Partner/Co-Chair, US Business Litigation, DLA Piper LLP (US)
34. Laura Torosian
35. Father Juan Vargas – Associate Pastor, Archdiocese of Chicago – Our Lady of the Rosary
36. Angela Tovar, Commissioner, Department of Environment and Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Chicago
37. Jason Lee – Senior Advisor to the Mayor, City of Chicago
38. Billy Evans – Chief of Faith Engagement, City of Chicago
39. Erin Connelly – Communications Director, Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago
40. Ashlee Horton -Director of Executive Operations, Office of the Mayor, City of Chicago
41. Chris Witschy – Digital Director, City of Chicago
42. Vashon Jordan Jr. – Photographer and Creative Director, City of Chicago
43. Darius Newsome – Senior Aide, City of Chicago
44. Adrienne Tongate – Executive Vice President, Global Strategic Initiatives, World Business Chicago
45. Anel Montes Marchan – Vice President, Global Strategic Initiatives, World Business Chicago
46. Justus Pugh – ChiForward Portfolio and Partnerships Lead, World Business Chicago