Pope Leo XIV recited the Marian prayer of the Angelus with thousands of pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square Photo: Vatican Media

PHOTO GALLERY: León XIV baseball team pays tribute to the Pope: a packed stadium, a nun pitching the ball, the biggest campaign in the team’s history

The attraction was not simply the game between the White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds. The real draw was the man whose roots stretch from the Vatican back to Chicago’s working-class South Side. More than 38,000 spectators packed the stadium on August 11, many arriving early to secure one of the now-famous papal-style hats created in honor of the pontiff, born Robert Prevost and long associated with the White Sox