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americamagazine.org > news > 11/24/2025 > white-sox-co-owner-pope-throw-season-opening-pitch

Pope Leo would ‘love to’ throw a White Sox season opening pitch, team’s co-owner says

14+ hour, 45+ min ago (329+ words) CHICAGO (OSV News) " A stakeholder " and next owner " of the Chicago White Sox baseball team said Pope Leo XIV told him that he'd "love to" throw a season opening first pitch in the future " "schedule permitting." Pope Leo's favorite sports team is the White Sox, and much has been made of his being a huge fan of the Chicago South Siders. He grew up as a diehard Sox fan in Chicago's south suburb of Dolton. Justin Ishbia, a Chicago billionaire, owner of a private equity firm and a co-owner of the team, told several major news outlets he met the pope outside St. Peter's Basilica at his general audience Nov. 19 and shared with him his vision for the future of the White Sox. The now-famous video footage of then-Father Robert Prevost's game 1 appearance at the 2005 World Series between the White…...