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VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A delegation of Chicago-area Catholics who are suing the Trump administration for the right to minister to detained migrants met with Pope Leo XIV and Vatican officials this week, armed with stories from inside the Broadview ICE facility.

Group members belong to the Coalition for Spiritual & Public Leadership, a Catholic and Christian-rooted organization addressing racial, social and environmental issues across more than 65 parishes, universities and organizations.

They greeted the Chicago-born pope during general audience on Wednesday (Oct. 28), gifting him a handmade book relating stories collected from detained immigrants.…