Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson reportedly said on Wednesday he planned to enlist the pope in his fight for reparations in the Windy City.
Pope Leo XIV met with Johnson as the mayor led a Chicago delegation that included George Floyd family lawyer Antonio Romanucci on a trip Thursday to the Vatican.
Johnson presented Pope Leo with an array of apparel from Chicago, including a Chicago Cubs hat.
As Johnson launches an effort called Repair Chicago to “gather lived experiences of harm of Black Chicagoans” to provide reparations for Black residents, he will try to capitalize on his visit with Pope Leo XIV to garner support for the cause.
In 2024, Johnson signed an executive order establishing a reparations task force of 40 members that addresses “historical harms committed against Black Chicagoans and their ancestors through the form of reparations.”
According to The Chicago Sun-Times, “Before boarding a flight to Rome for his visit with the pope, Johnson was asked whether he intends to ask Leo to use his pulpit to support reparations for local descendants of African American slaves.”
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Johnson said he would thank the pope for recognizing “the harm that slavery caused across the globe” and in Chicago.
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