Beyond the White Sox, who lost a record 121 games last season, Pope Leo XIV is also a Villanova Wildcat, having graduated from the university in 1977. What do you think? Be the first to comment.

I just wanted to make sure everyone at home knew that we did not turn on our team. It was all in joke and good fun.” ...

Pope Leo XIV (C) reacts wearing a Chicago White Sox baseball team cap as he meets newly wedded couples during the weekly general audience in St Peter's Square at the Vatican on June 11, 2025.

He succeeded Pope Francis, who died in April at the age of 88 after a lengthy battle with double pneumonia. Pope Leo XIV was seen wearing a Chicago White Sox hat at the Vatican on June 11, 2025.

The Pope's unabashed White Sox fandom is big for American sports fans, because he's one of the first popes to wear it on his sleeve. Pope Francis was openly a supporter of San Lorenzo, a football ...

Pope Leo XIV—née Robert Francis Prevost—has probably worn a White Sox hat hundreds of times in his life. But this instance was especially notable because he wore it atop his papal robes as he ...

The Chicago roots of Pope Leo XIV have been well-documented ever since the 69-year-old Prevost was somewhat unexpectedly elected at the 2025 papal conclave, succeeding the late Pope Francis, who ...

The American essence of Pope Leo XIV was on full display at the Vatican. The newly elected pontiff from Chicago drew cheers from the massive crowd as he put on a White Sox hat during a ceremony ...

Pope Leo XIV was seen wearing a Chicago White Sox hat at the Vatican on June 11, 2025.© AFP via Getty Images The American-born pope greeted newlyweds in his White Sox hat.© REUTERS ...

After Pope Leo XIV became the first American-born Pope to be elected to the papacy on May 8, questions began rising about his sports fandom, as one does. When the news broke that he was a born-and ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his Chicago roots when arriving to the Vatican for his weekly general audience on Wednesday.

Massachusetts (WBZ) — The moment Pope Leo broke Vatican protocol to put on a White Sox hat has gone viral, and the couple who gave it to him are proud Red Sox fans from Haverhill, Massachusetts.