Cubs? White Sox? Villanova? Different claims made to Pope Leo
History was made in Vatican City on Thursday, when Pope Leo XIV was introduced as the first American to be elected pontiff.Editor’s Picks
Leo XIV (birth name Robert Francis Prevost) was born and raised in southern Chicagoland, where he acted as an altar young boy in the St. Mary of the Assumption parish. Now, as he rises to the papacy, a not likely Second City staple is commemorating the moment: the Chicago Cubs.Congratulations to Pope Leo
XIV! pic.twitter.com/s02yDDegQd!.?.!— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) May 8, 2025 After his election, ABC reported that Leo XIV was a fan of the Cubs.But John Prevost– Leo XIV’s sibling– had a various view. Prevost spoke with WGN News in Chicago after
Leo XIV’s election and rebuked the idea that the Pope was a Cubs fan.”He was never ever, ever a Cubs fan, “Prevost said.”So I do not know where that came from.
He was always a [Chicago White] Sox fan.”Later Thursday, Chicago’s ABC7 affiliate likewise reported
on Leo XIV’s White Sox fandom. The White Sox themselves participated the action, publishing their own video board event and a clip of Prevost’s interview with WGN.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 Prevost’s theory for the possible confusion? Their mother, whose household was from the north side of the city,
was a Cubs fan.The only team that can conclusively declare to hold the rights to the brand-new Pope’s fandom until more information is the Villanova Wildcats. Leo XIV finished from the university as part of the Class of 1977.”Roomies Program,” a podcast hosted by Wildcats-turned-New York Knicks colleagues Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart, joked that they ‘d be having their fellow Villanova alumnus on the show in the future.