The election of the first ever American to the papacy is giving New York Knicks fans feelings of divine right ahead of the rest of the NBA playoffs.

The first-ever American Pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost, was a proud Villanova alum. Knicks fans are claiming him as a superstition for a potential NBA Finals run.

That Pope Leo XIV is a Chicago White Sox fan and likes to play tennis has already been established. Does Leo support an ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected pope on Thursday, making him the first-ever American to lead the Roman Catholic Church. He chose the papal name Pope Leo ...

The sports loyalties of Pope Leo XIV became a topic of conversation almost as soon as the white smoke emerged from the Vatican's Sistine Chapel.

F ather Peter Donohue, the president of Villanova University, was having lunch with a few of the school’s alums in a Chicago ...

It's not a new or unique thing for a pope to be a sports fan. Pope Francis was a supporter of San Lorenzo, one of the oldest ...

The Chicago White Sox painted a murial in honor of Pope Leo XIV featuring his presence at the 2005 World Series.

Regardless of the specific team, his Chicago roots have endeared him to fans of the city's two MLB franchises on social media.

The Augustinian-affiliated university has pulsed with nonstop celebration, including ‘pope punch’ and ringing bells, since an alumnus was selected to lead the Catholic Church.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, on Thursday made his first American bishop appointment as he ...

At midweek, the chaplain of Villanova University's basketball team cheered as one of his former star players led the New York ...