The program on Saturday in Chicago includes music, prayer, speeches and Pope Leo’s first public address to an American audience.

Harvard University Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a deep dive into the pope's past in New York Times Magazine piece.

The Catholic Church leader is also linked to Angelina Jolie and Hillary Clinton, according to The New York Times.

According to the Rev. John Wauck, professor of church communication at the Pontifical Holy Cross University in Rome, Leo’s clothing choices are a “return to form,” and his attire similar to that worn by Pope Benedict XVI, Pope John Paul II and other popes going back to the middle ages.

Pope Leo XIV Was Spotted Wearing His Favorite MLB Team’s Hat, and I Believe You Should Be Spotted Doing the Same originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Pope Leo XIV was spotted wearing a Chicago White Sox hat recently at the Vatican, even though the White Sox are already over 20 games out of first place in their division.

Through a distant maternal ancestor, who was born in the 1590s, Pope Leo is ninth cousins, various times removed, with some well-known figures, including Pierre and Justin Trudeau, Hillary Clinton, Angelina Jolie, Justin Bieber, Jack Kerouac and Madonna.

Pope Leo XIV is distantly related to a number of prominent figures, including Hillary Clinton and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, according to a genealogy investigation published by the New York Times.