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On, Thursday, the world was stunned at the news that the College of Cardinals had selected Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost as the next pope. He will now be known by his chosen name, Pope Leo XIV.
Instantly, the baseball Twitter world wanted to know whether Pope Leo XIV is a Chicago Cubs or Chicago White Sox fan. We now have our answer, thanks to his brother.
Prevost was considered a big underdog to be selected as Pope less than a month following the death of Pope Francis. But, he was indeed the one that stepped out onto the baclony at St. Peter’s Basilica. Instantly, memes involving sports were everywhere on social media, and ABC even reported he was a Chicago Cubs fan.
But, that’s not true! Take a look at these comments made by his brother, who still lives in Chicagoland.
Well, would you look at that… Congratulations to Chicago's own Pope Leo XIV pic.twitter.com/U5DJ7TOyDr
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) May 8, 2025
Turns out, he’s a very passionate White Sox fan.
The Chicago Sun-Times found a photo of Pope Leo, Robert Prevost, at the 2005 World Series against the Astros pic.twitter.com/oNcqpRC5Ry
— Michael Schwab (@michaelschwab13) May 9, 2025
Let’s be frank. This development is coming at the right time for the White Sox. Last year, they were 41-121, becoming the worst team in modern baseball history. Right now, they’re 10-27, which is somehow an improvement on last year’s pace. It looks like it will take divine intervention for them to turn it around.