More than 30,000 are gathering in Chicago Saturday to see Pope Leo XIV deliver a video message to a crowd in his hometown.

Pope Leo XIV will make a virtual appearance in his hometown Saturday in his first address to U.S. audiences since he was elected pope.

Pope Leo XIV — known here as Bob Prevost from the South Side — will address a packed baseball stadium Saturday, greeting a U.S. audience directly for the first time and offering a glimpse of the potential impact of the first American papacy.