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This photo taken and handout on May 7, 2025 by The Vatican Media shows Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost addressing the crowd from the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican. Handout/The Vatican Media via AFP


This photo taken and handout on May 7, 2025 by The Vatican Media shows Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost addressing the crowd from the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican. (Photo by Handout / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / VATICAN MEDIA" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

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POPE LEO XIV

Agence France-Presse

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1746765187747AFP__20250508__44Z8362__v1__HighRes__VaticanReligionPope.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="This photo taken and handout on May 7, 2025 by The Vatican Media shows Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost addressing the crowd from the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter&#x27;s Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican. Handout/The Vatican Media via AFP"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">This photo taken and handout on May 7, 2025 by The Vatican Media shows Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost addressing the crowd from the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter&#x27;s Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican. <em>Handout/The Vatican Media via AFP</em></span></span></span></div><p>WASHINGTON -- For decades, long-suffering Chicago White Sox fans grumbled that it would take divine intervention for their baseball team to succeed. Now they have the holiest of supporters in their corner: Pope Leo XIV.</p><p>Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who on Thursday was elected pope to lead the world&#x27;s 1.4 billion Catholics, has been a longtime fan of one of his two hometown baseball franchises.</p><p>Initially it appeared that both Chicago teams were claiming Leo as their own, fueling a cross-town beef -- until the pope&#x27;s brother weighed in.</p><p>Speaking to local television station WGN, John Prevost made it abundantly clear where Leo&#x27;s sports allegiances lie.</p><p>&quot;Yeah he was never, ever a Cubs fan, so I don&#x27;t know where that came from,&quot; John Prevost told the station, referring to the other Chicago team in Major League Baseball. &quot;He was always a Sox fan.&quot;</p><p>Prevost also revealed some members of the family have been divided in their support.</p><p>&quot;Our mother was a Cubs fan... and our dad was a (St. Louis) Cardinals fan,&quot; he said. &quot;And all the aunts, our mom&#x27;s family, was from north side, so that&#x27;s why they were fans&quot; of the Cubs, which are headquartered in that part of town.</p><p>His brother? &quot;He rooted for the White Sox.&quot;</p><p>The Sox swiftly took to X to capitalize on how the worldwide news touched their team, posting a photograph of a sign at their home stadium Rate Field, the former Comiskey Park, that reads: &quot;HEY CHICAGO, HE&#x27;S A SOX FAN!&quot;</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1920605400484712617&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aod2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2025-05-09T05%3A31%3A46.443923%3Ae74fa1e3-6977-41d7-b7fd-43c8a1c593c3%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=337a06b4f5c9417786137fc656442782885f28cf&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:552px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1920605400484712617"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>The team added in its post: &quot;Well, would you look at that... Congratulations to Chicago&#x27;s own Pope Leo XIV.&quot;</p><p>Wrigley Field, longtime home of the Cubs, had posted a nearly identical message on its sign: &quot;HEY CHICAGO, HE&#x27;S A CUBS FAN!&quot;</p><p>In one respect Leo is already following in the footsteps of papal predecessor Francis, the first Argentine pope, who was known for being a lifelong fan of his beloved local San Lorenzo football club in Buenos Aires.</p><p>The White Sox won the World Series in 2005, ending an 88-year drought between their latest two Major League Baseball championship titles.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>For decades, long-suffering Chicago White Sox fans grumbled that it would take divine intervention for their baseball team to succeed. Now they have the holiest of supporters in their corner: Pope Leo XIV.</p>

For decades, long-suffering Chicago White Sox fans grumbled that it would take divine intervention for their baseball team to succeed. Now they have the holiest of supporters in their corner: Pope Leo XIV.

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A holy home run: Pope Leo is White Sox fan

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Published May 09, 2025 12:34 PM PHT

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