Don’t typecast the pope’s hometown

Mary FioRito’s article “The Story of a Suburb” in the May 29 issue raises some questions.

What does “good times” mean? Does it take a special background or community to raise a pope?

I lived on the south side of Chicago in the mid-’50s when many young married couples bought affordable houses in a new community, Dolton. None of my friends worked in “factories.” Why did the author have to dig up all the current dirt on the scandals of the community?

This article doesn't belong with all the great articles on our new pope in the May 30 issue of Angelus.