Despite the fact that the start of the season has not been good for the Chicago White Sox and everything indicates that they will have a long season in Major League Baseball, but beyond the bad results, they received news just over a month ago that was a kind of blessing for a team that has not been in the playoffs since 2021.
The news of the appointment of Pope Leo XIV as the supreme pontiff, resonated strongly in Chicago as Robert Prevost is a native of the city and also a well-known fan of the White Sox.
Chicago White Sox’s dream: Visiting Leo XIII in the Vatican
The White Sox don’t mind having the worst record in the American League (19-42) at the moment, as the Chicago club is hoping for help from above and hopes to become the favorite team of the Vatican City, something like what Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani did when he became Japan’s greatest idol with his great feats with the bat.
Although it was initially speculated that Pope Leo XIV was a fan of the Chicago Cubs since childhood, this information later changed after consulting a close friend of Robert Prevost and also the pontiff’s brother, who said he was a fan of the White Sox.
Today, a possible visit by the White Sox to the Vatican is mere speculation, but what is true is that the dream of seeing Leon XIV at the Holy See may not be far off, since since he took office, he has expressed his closeness to sport. Proof of this is the recent visit of Napoli players after winning the Serie A title and last Sunday he went out to greet the caravan of cyclists who were making the journey in the last stage of the Giro d’Italia.
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