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Vice President J.D. Vance presented Pope Leo XIV will a Bears jersey on Monday, and the Chicago area native seemed to like it.
“Good choice,” he told Vance.
The navy jersey had his name “Pope Leo” on the back. His jersey number? XIV, of course. The exchange was captured on video posted by CBS News one day after the Pope held a mass to officially begin his pontificate.
Vice President JD Vance met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican and gave the Chicago-born pontiff a Chicago Bears jersey bearing his name and the number “XIV” on Monday.