A baseball signed by Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope and a lifelong supporter of the Chicago White Sox, is going under the hammer. The Rawlings Official Major League (Manfred) baseball bears a ...

The White Sox season died Sunday afternoon in Washington, D.C. at Nationals Park. The cause of death was failing to make the postseason after losing 102 of 162 games in 2025. Despite going out with a ...

Pope Leo XIV blessed an autograph collector with his holy John Hancock ... signing a baseball that's now expected to bring in thousands of dollars at auction. The head of the Catholic Church signed a ...

"You showed the world what faith, spirit, and brotherhood look like," Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich told the singers. "Keep singing, leading, believing. God's not done with you." ...

Leo’s lifetime devotion to the theologian, philosopher, and memoirist Augustine offers a window into his papacy.

Pope Leo XIV blessed an autograph collector with his holy John Hancock ... signing a baseball that's now expected to bring in thousands of dollars at auction. The head of the Catholic Church signed a ...

Who said that style doesn’t make the world go round, command armies or inspire faith? Leo’s predecessor, Pope Francis, made a virtue of simplicity: think plain cream cassocks and sensible black shoes.

St. Louis Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III recently crossed paths with Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City, a meeting of Cardinals marked by a friendly chat and a gifted team jersey. DeWitt and his wife, ...

Pope Leo XIV wears a Chicago White Sox baseball cap during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at ...

Pope Leo XIV marveled at the “huge learning curve” he has taken on as pontiff and likened some aspects of the job to jumping “in on the deep end of the pool very quickly,” in excerpts of an interview ...

When Cardinal Robert Prevost of south suburban Dolton became Pope Leo XIV in May, excited Chicagoans could hardly believe the first American pope in church history was homegrown — and ...

Unlike Francis, Leo XIV has given few clues about where he stands on issues dividing the church (though he’s definitely a White Sox guy). Followers fill in the gaps.