A recording of decades ago where the team was supported by the new pope, became a sensation

After the new Pope’s election Leona XIV. It was declining for a long time, but this time not because of church doctrines, but because of the disclosure that portrayed the first American pope in a whole new light. While his predecessor was Pope Francisknown as the ardent follower of the Argentinean football club San Lorenzo, has been a new Holy Father, formerly Cardinal Roberta Translated from Chicago, it turns out that his great sporting passion is much more American – baseball. Not only that, he is also a sworn fan of one of the Chicago teams, which immediately triggered a wave of guess in the United States, which team is – are White Soxi or Cubsi?

As soon as May 8. At first, the rumors hinted at Cubse, but the puzzle quickly resolved the Pope’s older brother, John Precision. In an interview with Chicago TV Station WGN-TV He firmly asserted, « Never, but really never was the Cubs fan, so I don’t know where it came from. » He explained that Robert was « always a fan of the Soxov », which was undoubtedly aided by their education in Dolton, a suburbs on the south side of Chicago, who is considered to be the fake of White Sox fans. The confusion may have arisen because their mother was Cubs’s follower, and the father was even more diverse, the St. Louis Cardinals.

The real confirmation of the Pope’s long loyalty to the White Sox, however, came in the form of now a video and photographs that flooded the world. The most attention was attracted by a short section from the television broadcast of the first World Series in 2005, the finals of the American MLB baseball league. At an extremely tense moment, when Chicago White Sox in the lower part of the ninth, the last regular exchanges led to Houston with 5: 3 and only a few bumps separated from historical victory, there are television cameras Foxas is usual in sports broadcasts, showed an audience for a moment. Among the thousands of faces full of expectations, Robert was also a precision. The recording shows the future pope visibly nervous accompanied by the events. Experts even found that he wore a distinctive striped jersey of his team under the jacket.

The news of his cheerleading has even taken over some followers of White Sox that, according to US media, one of the following matches of their teams went dressed in stylized papal clothing, while others brought posters with humorous requests to Pope Leon XIV. Pray for their (and their favorite) team.

That fateful match in 2005, a dream of Transport and other White Sox fans ended in a dream. This victory, however, was only the first in the series, as they then swept in the world series with Houston Astros with a total score of 4: 0 in victories, winning their first title after an incredible 88 years of waiting, since 1917. Jermaine Dyeand the unforgettable celebration took place at their home stadium.

For Chicago White Sox, 2005 remained a golden year, as they ended the season with an exceptional winning of 99 wins and 63 defeats, which is still their best result in the 21th century. In the next two decades, sports happiness was not so favorable to the team; In the 2024 season, in 162 games, they achieved an infamous club record with only 41 wins, and the beginning of this season 2025 is quite a matter of clairvoyant. But maybe now, with the new discovery that the team is squeezing the Pope himself, the brighter times for the South Chicago team are promising.