Does the Pope wear a Bear jersey?
He now can, if he wants to.
Bears quarterback Caleb Williams has sent a signed jersey to Pope Leo XIV. Leo, born as Robert Francis Prevost, is a Chicago native. And, given that there’s only one NFL team in town, it’s safe to say he’s a Bears fan.
As noted by the @Bearsszn account on Twitter, the Leo gift may also be a leak. The white jersey isn’t the usual Bears’ blue-numbered, striped-sleeves road option. The orange-numbered, stripe-free shirt looks to be a sneak preview of the Bears upcoming Rivalries uniform.
This year, the teams of the NFC North and an AFC South are due to get the four-year, eight-teams-at-a-time Nikefied enhancement (supposedly) to a team’s available collection of game gear.
Leo has gotten his before anyone else. It’s just another one of the perks of being the Holy See, along with the inflammability.
