In what started out as a cloudy afternoon, the then bright and sunny stadium of Pope Leo XIV's favorite baseball team, Chicago's faithful cheered on one of their own's election to the papacy. The June 14 celebration,

Pope Leo also extended an invitation to join this Holy Year to the cheering crowd, which quieted down, eyes to the video monitors across the field. “In this Jubilee Year of Hope, Christ, who is our hope, indeed calls all of us to come together, that we might be that true living example: the light of hope in the world today,” he said.