The leader of the Catholic Church was born and raised in Chicago, a US city of the state of Illinois, and is a confessed admirer of the local restaurant chain “Aurelio’s Pizza”. A group of faithful, knowing this admiration, decided to give the Pope a box of pizza, brought directly from the US, in the middle of St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican.
Pope Leo XIV received this Wednesdayto a somewhat unusual and unexpected gift as he crossed Peter’s Square in Paparmobile: a pizza of aThe restaurant chain of your hometown, Chicago.
After more than 7,500 kilometers of travel to the Vaticanthe pizza that reached the hands of the high pontiff would not be, predictablyhot, but at least poured a smile on Robert Prevostthat accepted the offering and greeted the distance the faithful responsible for the gesture.
Those who, in order to draw the attention of Leo XIV, displayed a poster with the inscription “We have ‘Aurelio’s Pizza’”a phrase that will have aroused memories to the maximum leader of the Catholic Church.
Why? Because Robert Prevost is a frequent client of the CHA chainIcago, the American city where it grew up. Last summer, when he was a cardinal, visiting the hometown, he moved to one of the chain’s restaurants,
In the form of tribute to its most special client, the ‘Aurelio’s Pizza‘I immortalized the “table of Pope Francis” In one of your restaurants and, more recently, created a ‘Poperons pizza’inspiAlso in the high pontiff.
“With a complete layer of our new Pepteroni Cup & Crisp over the traditional Aurelio’s Peperoni Pizza. The new Pepperoni Cup & Crisp adds texture, seasoning, taste and value to each bite. Try it today! Available in all Aurelio’s stores “, reads in the publication of the reimbursement chain on Facebook.
It is not known if Leo XIV tasted from the pizza that he appreciates so much, but he could have a moment of nostalgia.
