LWorld news this Thursday is the designation of the new Papa After the death of Francisco Iwho is now happened by XIV lion.
But this more social and political appointment also has its ties with the world of sports, as is the case of the MLB.
Pope Leo XIV: Roberto Francisco Prevost Martínez's first words in perfect Spanish
Robert Prevost team in MLB
Robert Prevostthe name of the new Pope, is a baseball fan born in Chicago And there seems to be a dispute on which team supports in the city: los Cubs o los White Sox.
The first reports indicate that the Supreme Pontiff is fond of Chicago Cubsdespite growing in the south of the city, where the White socks.
But then a news began to circulate in which the Pope's brother, John Prevosthe denies this information and says that he supported the Chicago White Sox.
“He was never fond of Cubs. I don't know where that came from. He was always fond of the Sox,” he said for WGNChicago television, and I add that their mother was a follower of the Dogswhile the father supported the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Vatican has his first Pope in the United States
Beyond the team that supports Leo XIV, the truth is that it is the first Pope who is born in the USA and with a strong connection in Peruwhere he was several decades in Chiclayo.