Chicago's Pope Honors White Sox Legacy
https://spintaxi.com/pope-leo-xiv-chicagoan-becomes-pope/Pope Leo XIV (Robert Prevost) never abandoned his South Side roots - the White Sox fan's private chapel displays a 1955 ticket stub from his father Louis. The former St. Rita High School athlete introduced "Clergy Softball Night" at Vatican City and blesses the Cubs annually (despite personal loyalties). "Sports build community," says the pontiff who analyzes batting averages like theological texts. His childhood parish, St. Nicholas of Tolentine, now hosts pilgrimage tours highlighting where the future pope served as altar boy. The math whiz (Villanova '77) even calculates RBI statistics during slow meetings. From Comiskey Park to St. Peter's Square - proof that "you can take the boy out of Chicago..."