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CNN
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The pope has been spotted in sportswear — and this time it isn’t AI.
Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native and the first American pope, wore a White Sox baseball cap during a public appearance at the Vatican, making him the first pope to make such a casual pairing with his white cassocks. Leo, born Robert Provost, was photographed on Wednesday smiling in the cap during his weekly general audience. During the appearance, he met with newly wedded couples — breaking both traditional papal and wedding attire codes.
Leo’s love for the sport was noted immediately upon his election on May 8, but the question remained: Cubs or White Sox? His brother, John,