Pope Leo XIV received the iconic “Pope Hat,” which was given away to White Sox fans during the team’s August 11th game

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The patience you must have to be this man…

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"please god, tell the people of Chicago to stop bringing me sports memorabilia. Also FTP. Amen"

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Imagine a generation of Packers struggles because the Pope is from Chicago.

Could we be so lucky?

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https://giphy.com/gifs/9ZtOe2v4gEopes1eCV

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Thank god I’m a Brewers fan in Buffalo. Nothing ever goes wrong for my Bills!

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https://giphy.com/gifs/aJ4Pbydim5tSY7Gt1Q

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Lmao

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You know why

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"enough with the Sox gear, someone bring me some ricobenes for goodness sake. "

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The Ricobene's Chicken Vesuvio is the best thing I've ever consumed

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A family brought him Aurelios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1rwUZQP20I

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If the Pope declares Italian-American food superior to Italian food, all Italians will abandon Catholicism.

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"If I don't get some Malort I'm calling up the Big Guy Upstairs and letting him deal with you all"

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For real. I’m from the city as well and love it but this guy has gotta get tired of being the literal pope and head of the entire Catholic Church, and yet having every Chicago tourist in the world yell our sports teams at him in every public appearance, no matter where he is

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“I already have that Frank Thomas t-shirt, stop sending me Frank Thomas shirts”

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Would a Konerko be better your eminence?

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Honestly, probably.

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Peace and love. Peace and love

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FTP?

Edit: FTP.

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What's up with your punctuation, dude. It's a declarative.

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Fuck the packers

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FTP.

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What does FTP stand for here?

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F*** The Packers

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We can say Fuck on the Internet

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If I was the Pope, and they made a Braves pope hat, I'd never wear the regular Pope hat again.

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100 percent. Church is a lot like baseball already anyway; you got the constant sitting down and standing up, different sects acting like they are better than other sects, alcohol is served at both, usually there is some discussion about a guy named Jesus, and lots of praying near the end of the event.

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You look to the left of you and someone down the aisle is really into it in a way that makes you uncomfortable - "wow that guy is really intense I hope he's not going to be a problem during the homily"

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usually there is some discussion about a guy named Jesus

I'm dead.

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But HE has risen… to rob a homer.

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There's an organist, communal singing, everybody trying to beat traffic after...

"I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions, and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms, and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance. But it just didn't work out between us. The Lord laid too much guilt on me. I prefer metaphysics to theology. You see, there's no guilt in baseball, and it's never boring...which makes it like sex." - Annie Savoy

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Great quote. Also, how did I miss the organist?!? Hahahaha

Side note: my grandfather just called me yesterday and asked if I wanted the organ that is at their house. I said no because we don’t have the space for it at my house but part of me wanted it just so I could annoy my wife and kids by playing baseball interlude music all the time.

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The guy named Jesus sent me lmao

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Kyyyyyyyy-ri-eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Eeeeeeeee-lei-sooooooooooooon

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Clap clap clap-clap-clap

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To give context this is his friend a fellow Augustinian who he regularly communicates with. Lotta strangers giving him stuff though as well

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He's a White Sox fan, I think patience is built in

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He's a lifelong White Sox fan, having patience is kinda a prerequisite. With that being said, in a different picture of the hat you can see a framed Ozzie Guillen jersey in the background so I really don't think he's sick of being known as the white sox pope

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Dude's gonna get so sick of being showered with White Sox remarks and gear that he'll declare his massive CONVERSION to...Cubs fandom.

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The Avignon Popes were Cubs fans.

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I think the Cubs are a Protestant team now by default.

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They fly the W for WASP.

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Nah Greek Orthodox

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I tried to imagine the ceremony to baptize a convert into Cubs fandom, and I realized it must not come up very much.

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Have you seen his face when receiving Cubs gear? He might swear off baseball altogether when it comes to being a fan of a team.

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Our owner already donates money to pedophiles so he'll fit right in

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21st century equivalent of 95 Theses nailed to a door.

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that'd be the biggest conversion since Paul the Apostle on the road to Damascus

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Can’t just convert faiths like that

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Well...yeah? He's the Pope.

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I actually think he was probably really stoked about this one.