{"id":41123,"date":"2025-07-31T16:37:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T16:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pope-leo-xiv-graciously-accepts-but-doesnt-wear-philadelphia-eagles-hat-as-philly-archbishop-visits-vatican\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T16:37:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T16:37:36","slug":"pope-leo-xiv-graciously-accepts-but-doesnt-wear-philadelphia-eagles-hat-as-philly-archbishop-visits-vatican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/pope-leo-xiv-graciously-accepts-but-doesnt-wear-philadelphia-eagles-hat-as-philly-archbishop-visits-vatican\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo XIV graciously accepts, but doesn&#8217;t wear, Philadelphia Eagles hat as Philly archbishop visits Vatican"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Pope Leo XIV graciously accepted a gifted Philadelphia Eagles hat as a delegation from the City of Brotherly Love met him at the Vatican on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>His Holiness, who reps Chicago, hallowed be the White Sox, is seen smiling and shaking hands with Philly Archbishop Nelson P\u00e9rez and Bishop John McIntyre.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/5gRFVpnLT08?si=WY95eW3icYIIJmXB&amp;t=4322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A livestream from the Vatican<\/a> shows Pope Leo accepting the hat and shaking hands with P\u00e9rez before handing the cap off to someone else.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was blessed with the opportunity to greet him and present him with the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl cap (Go Birds!!!),&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArchbishopPerez\/posts\/pfbid0iK8SvZpfUGCe73bYXX59tCrnNFM3DKkD4pTRS4LtSBzeoE6U6jyLp3HrkvpHEAxJl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">P\u00e9rez said in a post on Facebook<\/a>, including an eagle emoji. &#8220;This was a profoundly joyful encounter with the Holy Father along with thousands of Pilgrims from all over the world.&#8221;&#8216;<\/p>\n<p>P\u00e9rez and McIntyre are visiting the Vatican with several young people and the church&#8217;s Office for Ministry with Young Adults as the church observes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/jubileeyoungpeople2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the 2025 Jubilee of Young People.<\/a>\u00a0 The group departed Philly for Rome on July 26.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/30\/abaac71d-0466-45a7-906d-8131915eb6c9\/thumbnail\/620x349\/df21ee83db0b37e9ab70c935777a3126\/pope-leo-and-archbishop-nelson-perez.jpg#\" alt=\"pope-leo-and-archbishop-nelson-perez.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/30\/abaac71d-0466-45a7-906d-8131915eb6c9\/thumbnail\/620x349\/df21ee83db0b37e9ab70c935777a3126\/pope-leo-and-archbishop-nelson-perez.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/30\/abaac71d-0466-45a7-906d-8131915eb6c9\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/fdd90b474e77a0e5470fb84554b0fc9a\/pope-leo-and-archbishop-nelson-perez.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Philadelphia Archbishop Nelson J. Perez\/Facebook<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Archbishop Nelson Perez shares story of meeting Pope Leo XIV<\/h2>\n<p>P\u00e9rez and McIntyre met Pope Leo following his weekly audience in St. Peter&#8217;s Square. Then P\u00e9rez handed him the hat and shook hands with the pope.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was certainly filled with joy, and congratulated Philly, the Eagles on winning the Super Bowl. This is great, this is the first pope in history that knows what a Wawa is, knows cheesesteaks, and now is holding in his hand an Eagles cap, how great is that?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the full interview with Jim Donovan and Janelle Burrell in the video above.<\/p>\n<h2>Pope Leo XIV&#8217;s Philadelphia-area past<\/h2>\n<p>The\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/new-pope-robert-prevost-pope-leo-xiv\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">first American Pope, Leo XIV<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2014 born in Chicago as Robert Prevost \u2014 does have some ties to the Philly area. He <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/robert-prevost-new-pope-2025-villanova-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">attended Villanova University as an undergraduate<\/a><\/span>, earning a degree in mathematics in 1977. One summer, he worked on the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/pope-leo-xiv-st-denis-havertown\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">grounds crew at St. Denis Parish in Havertown, Pennsylvania<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>And a friend of his previously told CBS News Philadelphia that <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/pope-leo-xiv-villanova-wawa-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">this is a pope who has been to Wawa<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was very happy when the Eagles won the Super Bowl. He rejoiced with those of us from Philly,&#8221; Augustinian Father Joe Farrell said.<\/p>\n<p>Farrell said he did not hear the Holy Father say &#8220;Go Birds&#8221; at any point during the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>However, it&#8217;s clear Pope Leo reps the Windy City first and foremost.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Minutes after the Sistine Chapel&#8217;s chimney produced white smoke and he emerged in St. Peter&#8217;s Square, savvy social media users tracked down images of Pope Leo attending Game 1 of the 2005 World Series between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/white-sox-pope-leo-xivs-seat-2005-world-series-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">The White Sox have since committed to installing a commemorative artwork in the seat where the future pope<\/a><\/span> watched the Sox win.<\/p>\n<p>Then in June, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/pope-leo-white-sox-hat-massachusetts-newlyweds\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">a couple of Red Sox fans from Massachusetts gave Pope Leo a White Sox hat that he broke Vatican protocol to put on<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/d14a3bc9-316e-43cd-9f44-3ff5be2dfcf7\/thumbnail\/620x349\/c5ff2507e99eb40c57633d64417d4df1\/pope.jpg#\" alt=\"Pope Leo XIV White Sox \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/d14a3bc9-316e-43cd-9f44-3ff5be2dfcf7\/thumbnail\/620x349\/c5ff2507e99eb40c57633d64417d4df1\/pope.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/13\/d14a3bc9-316e-43cd-9f44-3ff5be2dfcf7\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/983ea6188c85073cbeec4a8e5fcc4471\/pope.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Pope Leo XIV (C) reacts wearing a Chicago White Sox baseball team cap as he meets newly wedded couples during the weekly general audience in St Peter&#8217;s Square at the Vatican on June 11, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                FILIPPO MONTEFORTE\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He also donned a Villanova baseball cap when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/video\/pope-leo-xiv-sports-villanova-university-hat-at-the-vatican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">members of the National Italian American Foundation visited the Vatican and gave him the hat in early June.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/joe-brandt\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Joe  Brandt<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Joe Brandt has been a digital content producer for CBS News Philadelphia since 2022. 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