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Augustinian Father John Lydon, right, and three Augustinian seminarians pose with the newly unveiled bronze bust of Pope Leo XIV at the bottom of the staircase of Catholic Theological Union in Chicago Feb. 22, 2026. Pope Leo is an alumnus of the school where he completed his Master of Divinity in 1982. The bust is one of only 3, so far, in the world. (OSV News photo/Simone Orendain)

Augustinian shares how Pope Leo fought evil in Peru as new bust unveiled in Chicago

By Simone Orendain, OSV News CHICAGO – The first commissioned bust of Pope Leo XIV by famed Catholic sculptor Timothy Schmalz was installed in Chicago Feb. 22 at Catholic Theological Union, the graduate theology school where the Pope is an alumnus. The bust is one of only three Pope Leo sculptures by Schmalz, so far…....