New Pope Is A ‘cubs Fan,’ Says Prominent Chicago Priest

According to religion leaders from nan Archdiocese of Chicago, recently elected Pope Leo XIV, nan first pope to hail from nan United States, has a bosom for nan mediocre and is besides a Cubs fan.

Leo XIV’s predetermination was announced to nan full world connected Thursday, marking a historic moment successful which a Chicago-born cardinal, Robert Francis Prevost, was chosen arsenic nan Catholic Church’s caller leader.

A personnel of nan Augustinians, a belief bid wrong nan Catholic Church, nan 69-year-old pontiff was calved successful Chicago, studied astatine Villanova University, was ordained a leader successful 1982 and made a cardinal by Pope Francis successful 2023.

He had been serving arsenic prefect of nan Vatican’s Dicastery for Bishops and president of nan Pontifical Commission for Latin America.

ROBERT PREVOST’S JOURNEY FROM CHICAGO TO BECOMING FIRST AMERICAN POPE AS LEO XIV

According to religion leaders from nan Archdiocese of Chicago, recently elected Pope Leo XIV, nan first pope from America, has a bosom for nan mediocre and is besides a Cubs fan. (Reuters/Guglielmo Mangiapane and )

The Chicago archdiocese celebrated nan news of nan pope’s predetermination successful a property convention connected Thursday successful which they shared immoderate penetration into what benignant of leader Leo mightiness be.

Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Lawrence Sullivan said that "Pope Francis was surely personification who cared for those who are surviving connected nan fringes, who could easy beryllium forgotten. And I, powerfully fishy that Pope Leo nan 14th will do nan aforesaid thing. He will springiness sound to nan voiceless."

Sullivan said that Leo "brings a wide assortment of perspectives," including "what it intends to person been born successful Chicago, what it intends to person been knowledgeable present successful nan United States, what it intends to service successful Peru."

He said that Leo’s erstwhile activity roles astatine nan Vatican mean that he "has a existent hands-on knowledge of what it intends to service nan mediocre and to thief those who are successful need" and that he is "very acquainted pinch nan worldwide church."

TRUMP CONGRATULATES POPE LEO XIV, CALLS HIS ELECTION 'A GREAT HONOR' FOR THE UNITED STATES

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of nan United States appears connected nan pavilion of St. Peter's Basilica, astatine nan Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters)

Sullivan went connected to statement that "the group of God are not confined to nationalist boundaries" and that Leo "is not an American astatine this point. He's a kid of God, and that's nan measurement that he's going to lead, taking each group into consideration."

Despite this, Father Gregory Sakowicz, rector of Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral, said, "You tin ne'er contradict your roots. So, I'm judge he has a emotion for Chicago, emotion for nan United States. That's portion of his upbringing."

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Smiling, Sakowicz said that "one burning mobility I person is nan truth that nan Pope, Leo nan 14th, aliases nan cardinal, past Robert Prevost, was calved successful Chicago connected nan southbound side. Is he a Chicago White Sox fan?"

Sakowicz said he did not cognize whether Leo was a White Sox instrumentality but that he knows "he's a Cubs fan."

"I heard he's a Cubs fan. Well, God bless him, and God bless each nan fans," said Sakowicz.