Gov. JB Pritzker met with Pope Leo XIV in Rome on Wednesday, with the two discussing the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration raids. Both have been outspoken critics of the treatment of immigrants in the United States.

The governor wrote on social media afterwards that it was “an honor” to meet “a son of Illinois” and “to express the pride and reverence of the people of this great state.”

The 40-minute meeting was arranged with help from Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, and follows recent visits to the pontiff by other Illinois officials.

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SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker met with Pope Leo XIV in Rome on Wednesday, with the two discussing the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration raids and

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