The Great Pope Fight of 2025 continued between the White Sox and Cubs over Pope Leo XIV’s favorite Chicago baseball team.

The Archdiocese of Chicago will celebrate the historic election of Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV on June 14 at Rate Field, home ...

So many memes, especially Chicago-style ones. Pope Leo XIV’s reveal at the Vatican was set to the Alan Parsons Project instrumental “Sirius,” which the Chicago Bulls made famous as their introduction ...

Diane Stenback pauses in the piazza to pull up a meme on her phone of Pope Leo XIV dressed in a Chicago Bears-themed mitre and vestments, with the caption, “Popes from Green Bay: 0, Popes from ...

Skokal recounted the story after the White Sox unveiled a mural in honor of Prevost, now known around the world as Pope Leo XIV. The artwork ... reason to celebrate. Chicago White Sox send ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, center, arrives with the other cardinals as Pope Leo XIV is installed during Mass in St. Peter’s Square on May 18, 2025, at the Vatican. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) ...

It's not a new or unique thing for a pope to be a sports fan. Pope Francis was a supporter of San Lorenzo, one of the oldest ...

and took the name Pope Leo XIV. Since he’s a fan of Chicago sports teams, someone online had fun with the situation and gave him the 1990s Chicago Bulls introduction. A new Pope from Chicago ...

Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches, cheered from classrooms and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision was announced that a native son, Cardinal Robert Prevost, had been elected ...

It didn’t take long for Cubs fans to welcome the first American pope into their arms, or for White Sox fans to claim him as their own. When Pope Leo XIV‘s ... to “Hey, Chicago, He’s ...

Pope Leo XIV’s Chicago roots inspire viral videos imagining his introduction with the iconic Michael Jordan-era Bulls theme.