Inside the Surprising Sports Fandom of Pope Leo XIV: what we know about New Pope's support on Villanova basketball, Chicago teams
Imagine this: after failing a national championship last season, Bruce Pearl finally obtains the Tigers of Auburn their first title. The celebrations are organized throughout Alabama, in the original state of Pearl, the Massachusetts and … also the Vatican?
Catholic cardinals elected a new pope on Thursday and he is a university basketball fan. Robert Francis Prevost, from Chicago, was selected to be the 267th Pope. He will go through Pope Leo XIV.
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It is not a new or unique thing for a Pope to be a sports fan. Pope Francis was a supporter of San Lorenzo, one of the oldest clubs in Argentina Football Association. Pope Francis was born in Argentina and remained a fan during his papacy. The team even visited the Vatican twice during Pope Francis' mandate as a pope.
Thus, with Prevost being the first pope of the United States, it is natural to wonder what other teams could visit the Vatican in the coming years.
The most likely choice to fulfill this role is Villanova basketball. Prevost obtained his Baccalaureate from Villanova and retweeted a celebration post After the male basketball team won the national championship in 2016.
The NCAA was very quick to make sure everyone knew the prevost link with Villanova.
Another person who was enthusiastic about this development was the director and the notorious fan of New York Knicks Spike Lee, who believes that his team is in a “Holy blessing“For several former Villanova basketball players are currently playing for the Knicks.
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As for the other sporting fandoms of Prevost, many have speculated on its allegiances of the hometown. Is he a fan of the Chicago Bears? Which baseball team based in Chicago supports?
Prevost apparently never tweeted on any professional sports team in Chicago, and there is no confirmation that he tells any of these teams. It was mentioned on ABC that prevost is on the south side of Chicago, but roots for cubs. This, however, remains not confirmed.
Prevost is a supporter of St. Rita – a high school on the southwest side of Chicago. He retwe -based an article on the appearance of the team at the Illinois State championship in 2014 and served as Professor of replacement physics At school in the past, according to the Sun-Totes Chicago.
Given the increased profile of PREVOST, it is only a matter of time before its sports allegiances are revealed. Does he support the team that endured the longest drying of the World Series, the team with a story that has suffered in the quarter or the team that simply set the record for most of the defeats in an MLB season?
Anyway, he knows something about compassion and it should serve him in his new role.
