Illinois Treasurer Mike Frerichs just handed Pope Leo XIV a check for $8.65 — yes, really — after discovering the money had been sitting in a forgotten PayPal account since the Pope was still Cardinal Prevost. The Pope, originally from Chicago, missed the chance to claim it through the archdiocese, so Frerichs personally delivered it during a Vatican trip funded entirely by his own pocket, accompanied by a Chicagoland Chamber delegation. While the tiny sum pales next to his office’s $2.5 billion+ in returned unclaimed funds, Frerichs says these small wins are the most memorable. The Pope even joked it’s “a true story about a bank in Illinois.” Now all he needs is an address — and if you’ve got forgotten cash in Illinois, Frerichs says you can check his website to claim yours.
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