General Discussion

Chicago's one of the most Catholic city in America - if not the most - mainly due to large immigrant communities in the late 19th and early 20th Century starting with Irish, Italian, Polish, and German Catholics. It has maintained that character through Latino migration and immigration in recent decades. For example, my childhood parish in south suburban Cook County was mainly south side Irish Catholic when I grew up, but the last time I was there for regular Mass about ten years ago, the parishioners were largely Latino.

To say they are pumped is an understatement.