Watch: Pope chants ‘White Sox' at Vatican City
Pope Leo XIV joined in with fans chanting 'White Sox' as he greeted visitors to the Vatican.
A clip from what appears to be St Peter's Square shows the Pope waving to supporters as he is driven through the crowd.
A group can be heard chanting 'White Sox, White Sox!', the baseball team that the Pope, who is originally from Chicago, supports.
He appears to stop waving to the crowd to pump his hand in the air several times and can be seen joining in with the chants.
Leo is the first American pope, and grew up in Dolton, a suburb on Chicago's South Side.
Shortly after Pope Leo was elected, his brother John revealed that he supports the White Sox, and the team were quick to shout about his support.
'Hey Chicago, he's a Sox fan,' the team said of the Pope on a a billboard, paying tribute to him as 'the South Side's very own' before a game last month.
One fan was spotted walking around greeting passers-by wearing a papal cassock and mitre.
Footage has since emerged of the Pope attending one of the 2005 World Series games, in the team's black-and-white baseball jerseys. The Sox went on to win their first championship in almost 90 years.
Last week, he was given a White Sox cap by a newlywed couple undertaking the 'sposi novelli', a blessing for newlyweds given by the Pope himself.
Gary DeStefano, the groom, from Massachusetts, said the moment the Pope popped the cap on his head was 'surreal'.
'It was surreal..That to me showed the human side in the man. He is the most humble man, down to earth and funny,' Mr DeStefano told The Athletic.
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