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Pope Leo XIV wears a Chicago White Sox baseball cap as he meets newly wedded couples during the weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on June 11, 2025.

The Sox went on to sweep the series. The celebration at Sox park on the South Side will honor the pope’s roots in the area. Born on the South Side in 1955, Leo grew up attending church in Chicago.

Brother David Marshall, a Dayton native, was a featured singer during the June 14 celebration for Pope Leo XIV at Rate Field in Chicago. The Chaminade Julienne graduated performed “One of Us," a song ...

According to the Archdiocese of Chicago’s website, the event, set to to honor Pope Leo XIV − formerly Robert Francis Prevost − is slated for June 14 at Rate Field, home to the Chicago White Sox.

Pope Leo XIV will be celebrated June 14 at the Chicago stadium of the White Sox with a day of prayer as President Trump's military parade storms through Washington, D.C. as anti-Trump "No Kings ...

Pope Leo XIV wore a Chicago White Sox cap during an appearance at the Vatican, in a nod to his longtime fandom. White Sox manager Will Venable said his last-place team 'needs it.' ...

Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago in 1955 and grew up in a squat brick house just south of the city in the Village of Dolton, a town that boomed in the postwar era but has become blighted like many ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered a video message June 14 to thousands of Catholics gathered in his hometown of Chicago, making a special appeal to young people to be “beacons” of Christ’s hope for others.

In truth, Pope Leo XIV’s message of faith, hope and unity was universal, addressed to both Cubs and Sox fans and all those fighting to make the world a better place.

FILE – The Chicago White Sox commemorate the fandom of Pope Leo XIV with a graphic installation at Rate Field in Chicago, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File) ...