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Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, but he's apparently always been a Chicago White Sox fan. "He was never, ever a Cubs fan," John Prevost told WGN News' Dana Rebik. "I don't know where that came from. He was always a Sox fan."

No team lately has been more in need of good news than the White Sox, and learning you have a friend and fan in the Vatican is about as good as it gets.

choosing the name of Pope Leo XIV Thursday May 8, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) “Hey Chicago, He’s a Sox fan!” reads the White Sox scoreboard after Cardinal Robert ...

This article has been updated to accurate note where Pope Leo XIV got his undergraduate degree. A video of Pope Leo XIV at the 2005 World Series game between the White Sox and the Houston Astros emerged Saturday,

"He's Sox, and then the radio announced Cubs, and that's not true," the pope's older brother, John Prevost, told CBS News Chicago.

Heather and Dominic Jaroch tell PEOPLE about the time Pope Leo XIV — then simply known as “Father Bob" — flew back to Chicago to preside over their wedding

A Baltimore Orioles fan from Colorado was gifted a precious signed baseball by the new American pope—but not before being subjected to a slightly awkward question. Pope Leo XIV, a known baseball fan who was at a World Series game in 2005 sporting White Sox gear,