John Prevost, Pope Leo’s older brother, confirmed his MLB allegiance in multiple interviews, putting to rest the debate between the North and South Side.
When Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost ascended to the papacy as Pope Leo XIV, his historic election as the first American-born pope set off celebrations in his hometown of Chicago—and ignited one of the Windy City’s oldest rivalries. Does the new pontiff root for the Cubs or the crosstown White Sox?
The Cubs were first to plant their flag, flashing a message on the iconic Wrigley Field marquee: «Hey, Chicago, He’s a Cubs fan!» But as any Chicagoan knows, allegiance to either North or South Side means more than a preference—it’s personal. And for Pope Leo XIV, born at Mercy Hospital and raised in Dolton, Illinois, the answer lies firmly in his South Side roots: White Sox all the way.Why It Matters
White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica rang out on Thursday, signaling that a new pope had been chosen on the second day of the conclave.
«Leo, who spent much of his clerical life in Peru and is fluent in Spanish, Italian, and English, was named pope amid growing ideological divides within the Catholic hierarchy, with cardinals split over whether to continue the more inclusive direction charted by Francis or to return to stricter doctrinal enforcement.
