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CHICAGO<\/strong> – From the South Side to the Vatican, the Chicago White Sox have unveiled new artwork honoring Pope Leo XIV.<\/p>\n

What we know:<\/p>\n

Fans attending Monday night\u2019s game will get the first look at a brand-new art installation honoring the South Side’s very own, Pope Leo, who is, despite early reports, a White Sox fan.<\/p>\n

In 2005, Pope Leo cheered on the team in Game One of the World Series at Rate Field in Bridgeport.<\/p>\n

In the hours after he was elected pontiff, video footage surfaced confirming his attendance. He sat in Section 140, Row 19, Seat 2, with a family friend, the late Ed Schmit.<\/p>\n

The original blue chair has since been replaced following ballpark renovations, but the seat number still exists.<\/p>\n

On Monday afternoon, the White Sox organization unveiled a Pope Leo jersey and graphic installation to honor the new head of the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n

What they’re saying:<\/p>\n

Brooks Bayer with the White Sox says he never imagined the day the team would have support from the Vatican.<\/p>\n

“I just never thought I’d see it in my lifetime, a North American pope. Let alone a White Sox fan from the South Side of Chicago that is among us. He’s real! The pope is always someone who is on such a high level for us in the United States, if you got a glimpse of him, it was magical. These people know him on a personal basis and it’s pretty amazing. And you thought when the sitting president was the White Sox fan, when President Obama was a White Sox fan, that it probably can’t get much higher than that. These guys brought us the pope,” said Boyer, chief revenue & marketing officer for the White Sox.<\/p>\n

The Source:<\/b> FOX 32’s Kasey Chronis reported on this story.<\/p>\n

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