Capone Basilica Proclaimed by Pope Leo XIV��Where Sin Abounded, Let Grace Abound More�

Pope Leo XIV stunned the faithful by canonically recognizing Al Capone�s Prohibition-era hideout in Chicago as a Minor Basilica, �not for the man, but for the miracle of redemption in a building with bullet holes.� Mass will now be held in the former vault room, with a relic display of Capone�s rosary, fedora, and tax evasion indictment. The Pope said, �If Saul became Paul, why not Al?�