THREATENED: Rapid Response Advocacy Campaign to Landmark Pope Leo’s Childhood Church Gains Traction

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"Can Pope Leo XIV's boyhood church — St. Mary of the Assumption — be saved? The church’s owner hopes the papal link can help efforts to save and reuse the parish buildings on the Far South Side." St. Mary’s / St. Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church, 1957, George S. Smith, 310 E. 137th Street. Image credit: Chicago Sun-Times
St. Mary’s / St. Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church, 1957, George S. Smith, 310 E. 137th Street. Photo credit: Google Maps
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