NEW YORK – Cubs manager Craig Counsell embraced questions about Pope Leo XIV, who was born in Chicago and on Thursday was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church.
“As a Catholic, it’s my responsibility to answer pope questions,” he joked before the Cubs’ game against the Mets on Friday.
The assembled reporters took him up on that.
The new pope’s baseball fandom became a topic of discussion after false reports identified him as a Cubs fan. It turns out, he’s long rooted for the White Sox.