Chicago will honor its hometown pope, Leo XIV, with a public celebration on Saturday at Rate Field, home of the White Sox.
The event will feature a special Mass unlike any other, emceed by Chicago Bulls announcer Chuck Swirsky.
The Archdiocese of Chicago says Pope Leo will deliver a video message aimed at young people around the world.
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Tickets are $5. Gates open at 12:30 p.m., and the Mass is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.
Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, is the first pope from the United States.
A native of Chicago and longtime White Sox fan, he was elected to lead the Catholic Church on the second day of the papal conclave in May.
