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09/26 04:06 CDT Pope Leo XIV declines to credit himself for White Sox playoff
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Pope Leo XIV declines to credit himself for White Sox playoff return
PARIS (AP) --- Might a helping hand from Pope Leo XIV partly explain the
Chicago White Sox's improbable return to the playoffs?
"No comment," the pontiff replied with a beaming smile when a reporter on his
plane to France asked whether the surprise sprung Thursday by the
long-suffering team was miraculous and "Do you have anything to do with that?"
But the Chicago-born and raised lifelong fan of the White Sox left no doubt
that he was thrilled, by adding: "Great things happen in Chicago."
The pontiff's oh-so-diplomatic answer was perhaps because he's had experience
of how perceived papal rooting for one team or another can land him in hot
water.
In June, he said "the pope is for all teams" but rubbed soccer fans in
Barcelona the wrong way by adding that he personally roots for Real Madrid,
inserting himself into one of the biggest rivalries in club football.
Real Madrid proudly posted the video of the moment, and social media filled
with comments about how the club is "the team of God."
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