Pope Leo XIV, now the successor of St. Peter, leads the 1.4-billion-strong Catholic Church in a sacred position that few others will ever maintain. Due to that, some supremely relatable details concerning the new pope have emerged.
The Chicago-born Augustinian missionary, Robert Prevost, was elected on Could 8, turning into the primary American pope within the 2,000-year historical past of the church. Leo, 69, spent his profession ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s highly effective workplace of bishops earlier than succeeding Pope Francis, who died on April 21.
A lot has additionally surfaced about his Chicago sports activities fandom, and which of the 2 hometown baseball groups he helps.
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Initially stated to have cheered for the Chicago Cubs, the pope’s brother, John Prevost, set the file straight about Leo’s Major League Baseball allegiance in an interview with WGN-TV. The pope is the truth is a Chicago White Sox fan.
“He was by no means ever a Cubs fan, so I don’t know the place that got here from,” John stated, including that the confusion may stem from the actual fact their mom’s aspect of the household had been North Siders and Cubs followers. “He was all the time a Sox fan.”
Actually, he is supported the White Sox for no less than the final 20 years, which was confirmed when footage of Leo cheering the White Sox on through the 2005 World Collection surfaced lately.
The White Sox led the Houston Astros 5-3 with two outs within the backside of the ninth inning of Recreation 1 of the 2005 World Collection, when FOX cameras panned to a seemingly abnormal fan. That man is now the Pope. However on that fateful day, he regarded like several White Sox fan would in that second — nervous, longing for the game-winning out.
Fittingly, Leo’s prayers had been answered. White Sox reliever Bobby Janks closed out the Astros in Recreation 1 and Chicago went on to comb Houston and win the 2005 World Collection.
The White Sox have not skilled many blessings since that yr. They went 99-63 in 2005, their greatest file within the twenty first Century, and gained the World Collection for the primary time since 1917. Chicago gained a franchise-low (within the 162-game period) 41 video games in 2024, and sit at 10-28 this season.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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