Cubs or Sox? New pope's Chicago roots lead to debate over baseball loyalties

The voting process of a new pope brings all kinds of analysis and theorizing about his chosen papal name his views on reforms his fluency in Italian even his choice of footwear But after learning they can call the leader of the world s billion Catholics one of their own a multitude of Chicagoans and suburbanites also mused on something eternally sacred Pope Leo XIV s baseball allegiances