Pope Leo XIV is a huge fan of Chicago White Sox.
It is also a good thing – otherwise the event in honor of him was thrown into the team’s home stadium, may be a bit uncomfortable.
While the White Sox plays the Rangers in Texas on Saturday afternoon, the Archdiocese of Chicago will be in the interest rate in honor of the new leader of the Catholic Church – which was born and raised on the south side of the city – with a mass of Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich and other festivities.
Although the man who is once known as Robert Prevost will not be personal, he will appear in it What organizers of events describe As “A video message from Pope Leo XIV to the young people of the world.”
Leo will also be displayed in mural painting. The White Sox revealed a graphic installation With his parable on a coincidence wall before a match of 19 May against the Seattle Mariners, less than two weeks after Leo was selected as the first Pope born in the US. He replaced Pope Franciscus, who died on April 21 at the age of 88.
The Chicago White Sox has commemorated the Fandom of Pope Leo XIV with a graphic installation at speed field.
(Nam Y. Huh / Associated Press)
The image was installed in addition to section 140, where Leo was in row 19, Seat 2 for game 1 of the 2005 World Series between the White Sox and Houston Astros. No matter how remarkable it sounds, there are images of Fox’s national broadcast of that October 22, who is known as Father Bob in the stands in the stadium that is then known as US Cellular Field.
The White Sox, led by two runs with one out in the first half of the ninth inning for the first time since 1959. Chicago closer Bobby Jenks had just thrown a 95-Mph Fastball along Adam Everett van Houston for a 0-1 count and prepared for his next throw.
That is when the camera attempted at a nervous -looking father Bob, who seems to be wearing a team jacket about a team junk.
Viewers have never seen the response of the future pope to what happens next, but he must have been ecstatic while Jenks Everett is shown in two more fields for a 5-3 Chicago victory. The White Sox would sweep the Astros for their first World Series winning since 1917.
“That was his thing. He liked to stand out and occasionally went to a game,” Louis Prevost told the Chicago Tribune From his brother, the future pope. “Eat a hot dog. Have some pizza. Like any other man in Chicago on the south side.”
His favorite team may have since been more difficult-the White Sox are an American league-striking 23-45 and 20.5 games behind the first place Detroit Tigers in the central division but Leo is still willing to show his Fandom for the world to see.
On Wednesday he wore a white SOX hat together with his traditional papal cassock while blessing newly married couples on St. Peter’s square outside the Vatican.
Kelly and Gary Destefano, who live in Haverhill, Mass., And his Boston Red Sox fans, gave him the hat. Kelly Destefano told Boston.com that they just tried to attract the attention of the new pope.
“I just wanted to make sure everyone knew at home that we didn’t engage our team,” she told Boston.com. “It was all in joke and very nice.”
Chicago White Sox fans dress as a colleague -white SOX Fan Pope Leo XIV to watch a match against the Cubs on 17 May in Wigley Field.
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It worked, where Boston.com reported that Leo gave the couple a benign ridges as soon as he discovered where they come from.
“You are going into problems for this,” he told them A video of the meeting.
“Tell no one in Massachusetts,” replied Kelly Destefano.
Although Leo may be a bit too busy to attend a competition soon, White Sox Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer Brooks Boyer said last month that the Pope is welcome to return to the field whenever he wants.
“He has an open invitation to throw away a first throw,” said Boyer. “Heck, maybe we’ll let him get a bat.”
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