Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
What began as a viral celebration at Chicago’s Rate Field has now come full circle: Pope Leo XIV has received one of the White Sox’s now-famous papal miter hats.
On Tuesday, August 11, the Chicago White Sox hosted a “Pope Hat Night”, giving away over 40,000 replica papal miter hats emblazoned with the team logo. This was in honor of their most famous fan, Chicago-born Pope Leo.
Scenes of the night quickly went viral with media outlets including EWTN News posting about the “peace be with you” that happened at the stadium, along with all the fans wearing papal miter hats while enjoying the game.
Now, the tribute has reached the Holy Father himself.
The White Sox presented Pope Leo with one of the viral “Pope Hat Night” miters, bringing the Chicago celebration all the way to the Vatican, and giving the team’s papal fan a fitting piece of hometown baseball history.
Read more at ChurchPOP.com!
What began as a viral celebration at Chicago’s Rate Field has now come full circle: Pope Leo XIV has received one of the White Sox’s now-famous papal miter hats.
On Tuesday, August 11, the Chicago White Sox hosted a “Pope Hat Night”, giving away over 40,000 replica papal miter hats emblazoned with the team logo. This was in honor of their most famous fan, Chicago-born Pope Leo.
Scenes of the night quickly went viral with media outlets including EWTN News posting about the “peace be with you” that happened at the stadium, along with all the fans wearing papal miter hats while enjoying the game.
Now, the tribute has reached the Holy Father himself.
The White Sox presented Pope Leo with one of the viral “Pope Hat Night” miters, bringing the Chicago celebration all the way to the Vatican, and giving the team’s papal fan a fitting piece of hometown baseball history.
Read more at ChurchPOP.com!
