White Sox have seen a spike of Pope Leo XIV t -shirt after learning that the newest pontiff of the Catholic Church grew a fan and is a native of Chicago
Pope Leo XIV has caused an increase in White Sox T -shirt sales after the Chicago Natives became the first North -American to occupy the historical position of the pontiff.
The 69 -year -old became the head of the Catholic Church following The death of Pope Francis at the end of last month. Immediately, Papa Leo XIVThe story began to reveal -and his love of sports, especially baseball, became apparent after it was located in the crowd in a White Sox match during the 2005 world series.
Pope’s brother was too forced to clarify if it was a cube fan or White Sox After the first claimed that the pontiff was one of theirs. “Yes, it was never, they never do cubes. I don’t know where he came from. He was always a fan of sound. Our mother was a cube; our father was a fan of the cardinals. I don’t know where everything came from,” John, Pope’s brother, told WGN News.
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Following the confirmation, the White Sox celebrated their last famous fan. “The White Sox proudly congratulate Pope Leo XIV on the south side,” the MLB projected to his big screen inside his stadium. Pope Leo XIV has also deeply affected White Sox T -shirt sales.
According to Athleticsorders for Papa Leo XIV White Sox Jersey is “coming from everywhere”, but the baseball club is “playing it, great and trying to be respectful” by not pushing sales in its official places.
However, fans are welcome to apply for Pope Leo XIV t -shirts at the club store, but “they will not sell silly t -shirts or players wearing the city.” The sports of the Tribune in Chicago sell pope t -shirts for $ 200.
“I think Pope Leo is probably oversizing ball players over the last two years,” said the Stephanie Ganal store.
“We have a business that allows us to customize a sweater and put a name and number. Why not? Think -there, there are more than a billion followers of this faith, right?” The co -owner Josh Ganal added.
The store claims to have sold at least “a few hundred t -shirts, with the Pope Lion XIV star, which coincides with that of President Barack Obama, who also left Chicago.
President Obama “was constantly carrying a White Sox hat, sold sales in winter of 2008”, the same year that the first black president of the United States was elected
Vice President JD Vance attended when Pope Lion XIV began his inaugurated mass, marking the official start of his papacy. The Pope handed over several deep messages, including suffering as a result of wars worldwide.
“Ukraine martyrdom expects negotiations for a just and lasting peace to finish,” he said.