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First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV

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606 points saikatsg | 4 comments | 08 May 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.336s | source
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haunter ◴[08 May 25 17:48 UTC] No.43929048[source]▶
Is he a Cubs or White Sox fan though?
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1. tptacek ◴[08 May 25 18:01 UTC] No.43929235[source]▶
He's a Cubs fan, according to ABC News.

(Interesting given he's a south sider).

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2. senderista ◴[08 May 25 18:03 UTC] No.43929257[source]▶
I used to keep two ball caps in my car and switched when I crossed Madison.
3. turtletontine ◴[08 May 25 18:32 UTC] No.43929627[source]▶
The quote I heard was “You hear him described as a quiet, humble man. That’s perhaps how he survived growing up on the south side while being a cubs fan”
4. strictnein ◴[08 May 25 20:55 UTC] No.43931245[source]▶
Sounds like that was incorrect:

https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/08/pope-leo-xiv-is-a-cu...

> But later in the day, an ABC7 reporter caught up with one of the pope’s older brothers, John Prevost, and asked him to confirm the report.

> He said it wasn’t true.

> “He’s a Sox fan,” John Prevost told ABC7.