Traveling through the Mideast, Leo XIV channeled many of his predecessor’s messages. Leo’s deliberate manner differed from Francis. By Motoko Rich Motoko Rich, who covers the Vatican from her base in ...

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The first-ever American pope's first trip abroad started off with a distinctly American moment, when Pope Leo XIV was gifted a baseball bat formerly owned by Chicago White Sox legend Nellie Fox. CBS ...

The minute sports fans found out there was a new American pope and he’d been born in Chicago, every American sports fan had one thought: was he a Cubs or White Sox fan? Soon, news emerged that he was ...

Pope Leo had a message for a Cubs fan who yelled from the crowd during a Vatican appearance on Wednesday. The fan yelled, "Go Cubs," and Pope Leo, a supportive White Sox fan, responded, "They lost" in ...

VATICAN CITY — Who needs a popemobile when you have a new four-legged ride that whinnies? Pope Leo XIV was given a 12-year-old white purebred Arabian horse, "Proton," on Wednesday, a present from a ...

The Pope may be spreading positivity and love to everyone, but one Chicago Cubs fan heard a playful jab from the most recognizable Chicago White Sox fan in the world. Pope Leo XIV made an appearance ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered a holy heckle to one Chicago Cubs fan who decided to yell “Go Cubs!” to him during a parade in Vatican City. “Han perdido! They lost!” replied Leo, a lifelong Chicago White Sox ...

The MLB has two franchises in Chicago: the White Sox and the Cubs, and Pope Leo XIV is a known fan of the former. While being driven through the crowd at the Vatican, Pope Leo had someone shout, “Go ...

Pope Leo XIV wasn't going to let a Chicago Cubs fan troll him in Vatican City. Alberto Pizzoli / Getty Images Even the grandeur of the papacy apparently hasn’t been enough to prevent Pope Leo XIV from ...

The 2025 White Sox season ended a few weeks ago, losing 100-plus games for a third straight year and missing the playoffs for the fourth consecutive time. But for many White Sox fans –– including Pope ...

Jacob Adams is a journalism fellow at The Daily Signal. Send an email to Jacob. The White House is disputing Pope Leo XIV’s characterization this week of what he regards as the “inhuman treatment” of ...