Pope Leo XIV receives invite to throw out first pitch at White Sox new stadium

The infinitesimal sports fans recovered retired determination was a caller American pope and he’d been calved successful Chicago, each American sports instrumentality had 1 thought: was helium a Cubs oregon White Sox fan?

Soon, quality emerged that helium was a White Sox instrumentality — not without a mendacious report, however, that helium was a Cubs instrumentality — and soon thereafter footage emerged that not lone was the recently christened Pope Leo XIV a fan, he’d been successful the stands for the 2005 World Series, which the White Sox won successful a bid sweep.

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Justin Ishbia, Ambassador Brian Burch and Clay Travis with an autographed World Series 2005 jersey signed by each the players seen connected the left, arsenic Pope Leo XIV is seen connected the right. (OutKick; Reuters)

Pope Leo, calved Robert Prevost, was elected arsenic pope successful May of 2025 and past 1 period aboriginal it was announced that my Vanderbilt instrumentality schoolhouse person and classmate Justin Ishbia was buying the Chicago White Sox.

The 2 of america were chatting astir amusive ways Justin could present himself to Chicago sports fans and I tossed retired an thought — we should question to the Vatican and invitation Pope Leo to propulsion retired the archetypal transportation astatine a planned caller White Sox stadium.

After all, Pope Leo was a large capable White Sox instrumentality that he’d attended the World Series 20 years agone arsenic a instrumentality successful the crowd. Sure, he’s the pope now, but heavy down he, similar each of us, is simply a diehard sports fan.

We were some convinced the thought was a bully one, but it presented a challenge: however bash you get a gathering with the pope to invitation him to propulsion retired the archetypal pitch?

Pope Leo XIV waves to the faithful up of his inauguration Mass successful St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City, connected May 18, 2025. (David Ramos/Getty Images)

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An Invitation to the Pope 

It’s not similar you tin conscionable telephone the Vatican and inquire to talk to the pope’s people.

Ultimately we deed connected our answer: Vatican ambassador Brian Burch, who lived successful Chicago with his household anterior to his confirmation arsenic ambassador.

Luckily, Ambassador Burch loved the thought and, this greeting successful Vatican City, Justin and his woman Kristen met the pope, delivered a squad autographed 2005 White Sox World Series replica jersey, and conveyed the archetypal transportation invitation to Pope Leo, who said yes truthful agelong arsenic his docket permits. (It turns retired the pope is benignant of busy).

So, the result, arsenic galore of you person apt seen connected societal media already, is an awesome 1 — the archetypal ever American-born pope volition beryllium throwing retired the archetypal transportation successful a caller Chicago White Sox stadium, which volition perchance people the archetypal clip the pope has visited Chicago since 1979.

Pope Leo XIV prays implicit members of the planetary media successful the Paul VI Hall astatine the Vatican connected May 12, 2025.  (Domenico Stinellis)

Let’s anticipation it’s a strike.

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And that Pope Leo tin assistance instrumentality the magic of the 2005 play for White Sox fans.