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A holy home run: Pope Leo is White Sox fan Estelle.Bronkhorst Fri, 05/09/2025 - 18:39 CHICAGO - 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.Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who on Thursday was elected pope to lead the world s 1.4 billion Catholics, has been a longtime fan of one of his two hometown baseball franchises.Initially, it appeared that both Chicago teams were claiming Leo as their own, fueling a cross-town beef -- until the pope s brother weighed in.Speaking to local television station WGN, John Prevost made it abundantly clear where Leo s sports allegiances lie. Yeah he was never, ever a Cubs fan, so I don t know where that came from, John Prevost told the station, referring to the other Chicago team in Major League Baseball. He was always a Sox fan. Prevost also revealed some members of the family have been divided in their support. Our mother was a Cubs fan... and our dad was a (St. Louis) Cardinals fan, he said. And all the aunts, our mom s family, was from north side, so that s why they were fans of the Cubs, which are headquartered in that part of town.His brother? He rooted for the White Sox. The Sox swiftly took to X to capitalise 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: HEY CHICAGO, HE S A SOX FAN! The team added in its post: Well, would you look at that... Congratulations to Chicago s own Pope Leo XIV. Wrigley Field, longtime home of the Cubs, had posted a nearly identical message on its sign: HEY CHICAGO, HE S A CUBS FAN! In one respect, Leo is already following in the footsteps of his 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.The White Sox won the World Series in 2005, ending an 88-year drought between their latest two Major League Baseball championship titles.

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