Pope's brother answers burning local question: Chicago White Sox or Cubs fan?

CHICAGO (WGN) — Almost immediately after Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost's election as Pope, the question emerged: is the pontiff a fan of the Cubs or the White Sox?Speaking to Nexstar's WGN on Thursday, Prevost's brother John answered the burning question: Pope Leo XIV, as Prevost is now known, is a fan of the South Siders, a nickname for the White Sox, who play at Rate Field on Chicago's South Side.But the household was split: mom was a Cubs fan and his father was a fan of the St. Louis Cardinals.

Robert Prevost becomes first American pope of the Catholic Church: What to knowHoly Name Cathedral's rector, Father Gregory Sakowicz, remarked to the Associated Press that the sun came out in Chicago when the new pope was announced, a coincidence he described as "God’s way of remaining anonymous."He said he was “happily shocked," and also wondered if the new Pope supported the Cubs or Sox. When a journalist said she’d heard he’s for the Cubs, Sakowicz chuckled.



“God bless him,” he said.To Sakowicz's possible disappointment, John Prevost confirmed that his brother is a lifelong White Sox fan. "He was never, ever a Cubs fan, so I don't know where that came from," Prevost said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report..