It’s the biggest victory for the struggling Chicago White Sox in a long time. Pope Leo XIV is a White Sox fan — and the organization is embracing the news.

Sox fans jumped on the news, posting tweets that the Cubs’ claim was premature. If it’s true he’s a Sox fan, Pope Leo XIV would be the team’s second representative of the Vatican after former Sox pitcher “The Pope” Donn Pall.

A tribute to Pope Leo XIV, formally Cardinal Robert Prevost, is displayed inside the Rate Field baseball stadium in Chicago on May 9, 2025 before a game between the Chicago White Sox and the Miami Marlins. The Chicago-born pontiff was elected the first American pope in history at the Vatican on May 8. (OSV News photo/Carlos Osorio, Reuters)