The Chicago-born pope addressed a crowd of 30,000 in a live-streamed message from the Vatican: "Build up community [and] friendship as brothers and sisters."

Pope Leo XIV will make a virtual appearance in his hometown Saturday in his first address to U.S. audiences since he was elected pope.

In a message to Catholics in Chicago, directed especially at young people, Pope Leo XIV urged them to become “beacons of hope” in the world by drawing close to God and forming a community of faith and peace amid life’s challenges.

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It’s Joshua Smith’s dream to one day sing with his mother on “America’s Got Talent.” As the Leo Catholic High School choir second tenor said this past week, he’s now “halfway” there.