{"id":2504809,"date":"2025-10-30T13:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T17:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/assyrian-leader-gifts-pope-leo-chicago-cubs-jersey\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T13:42:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T17:42:57","slug":"assyrian-leader-gifts-pope-leo-chicago-cubs-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/assyrian-leader-gifts-pope-leo-chicago-cubs-jersey\/","title":{"rendered":"Assyrian leader gifts Pope Leo Chicago Cubs jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fassyrian-leader-gifts-pope-leo-chicago-cubs-jersey%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2504809&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Assyrian Church of the east leader Mar Awa III recently gifted Pope Leo XIV a customized Chicago Cubs jersey adn hat, mistakenly representing the pope&#8217;s rival baseball team instead of his favored Chicago White Sox.The gift was presented during a visit to the Vatican, where the patriarch joked that the pope &#8220;loved&#8221; the gift, although photos show the pontiff with a less excited expression. Pope Leo XIV is known for his strong support of the White Sox, frequently enough publicly displaying White Sox memorabilia and engaging with fans, including delivering a video message at Rate field and being honored by the team and its supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Mar Awa III, also a Chicago native, explained that the Cubs jersey was given &#8220;in honor of all our north side Chicagoans.&#8221; The patriarch was in Vatican City to attend an ecumenical event marking the 60th anniversary of *Nostra Aetate*, a notable declaration guiding the Catholic Church&#8217;s relations with non-Christian religions. The Assyrian Church of the East is an ancient church based in Iraq and globally dispersed,not in full communion with the Catholic Church due to historical theological differences. during their meeting, Pope Leo expressed hope that the Assyrian Church and the Catholic Church will eventually achieve full communion.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Assyrian leader Mar Awa III gifts Pope Leo jersey for wrong Chicago baseball team<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2130014\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pope-leo-xiv\/\">Pope Leo XIV<\/a> suffered one of the greatest insults of his pontificate this week, though the heresy was not theological.<\/p>\n<p>Mar Awa III, Catholicos-Patriarch of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/christianity\/\">Assyrian Church of the East<\/a>, gave the pontiff, a high-profile fan of the Chicago White Sox baseball team, customized memorabilia of the organization&rsquo;s crosstown rivals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3868966\/thousands-feared-killed-western-sudan-splitting-country\/\">Thousands feared killed after paramilitaries take final government stronghold in western Sudan, splitting country in two<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3868971\/trump-says-china-settled-rare-earth-dispute-will-purchase-american-energy\/\">Trump says China &lsquo;settled&rsquo; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQT_CV8kcXu\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\">A post shared by Mar Awa Royel (@marawa_3)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Needless to say, the pope loved the gift,&rdquo; he added jokingly.<\/p>\n<p>Photos of the pontiff holding the customized gift show him with an unenthused expression.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV&rsquo;s enthusiasm for baseball is a major aspect of his pontificate&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3497065\/madonna-gaza-urges-pope-leo-to-visit\/\">interaction with popular culture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Bishop of Rome has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >received countless gifts<\/a> of White Sox memorabilia. Fellow fans visiting the Vatican have thrown him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-giants-will-wear-rainbow-pride-patterns-on-their-uniforms-caps\/\" title=\"San Francisco Giants Will Wear Rainbow \u2018Pride\u2019 Patterns On Their Uniforms, Caps\">baseball caps<\/a>, which he has dutifully donned for the camera. <\/p>\n<p>He was even caught on video lamenting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-in-third-circuit-court-of-appeals-grants-expedited-review-for-team-trumps-appeal-in-pennsylvania\/\" title=\"JUST IN: Third Circuit Court of Appeals Grants Expedited Review For Team Trump&#039;s Appeal in Pennsylvania\">team&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s loss in this year&rsquo;s playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, White Sox fans at Chicago&rsquo;s Rate Field have broadcast endless love letters to the pontiff since his election earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The White Sox have installed a mural of Pope Leo not far from the seat he was photographed sitting in during the first game of the 2005 World Series, which has also been adorned with a plaque honoring the Holy Father.<\/p>\n<p>Fans have attended this season&rsquo;s games dressed as popes and bishops, while others have been seen bearing signs with slogans such as &ldquo;Pope Leo, Pray for Us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo delivered a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3442252\/white-sox-stadium-broadcast-pope-leo-xiv-message-of-hope\/\">video address at Rate Field<\/a> in June when the White Sox allowed a Mass to be celebrated at the stadium in the pontiff&rsquo;s honor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chicago White Sox fans dressed as popes look on from the bleachers at Wrigley Field before a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Friday, May 16, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo\/Paul Beaty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;As you gather today in this great celebration, I want to both express my gratitude to you, and also an encouragement to continue to build up community, friendship as brothers and sisters in your daily lives, in your families, in your parishes, in the Archdiocese, and throughout our world,&rdquo; the pope told attendees. <\/p>\n<p>He continued, &ldquo;When I see each and every one of you, when I see how people gather together to celebrate their faith, I discover myself how much hope there is in the world in this jubilee year of hope.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>An estimated 30,000 people bought tickets to that religious celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Awa, a fellow Chicago native who was also born in 1975 as David Royel, said he offered the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/baseball\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/womens-basketball-team-cancels-game-cites-christian-discrimination-against-trans-athlete\/\" title=\"Women&#039;s Basketball Team Cancels Game, Cites Christian &#039;Discrimination&#039; Against Trans Athlete\">rival team&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s <\/a>uniform &ldquo;in honor of all of our north side Chicagoans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The patriarch was in Vatican City this week to attend an ecumenical ceremony honoring the 60th anniversary of <em>Nostra Aetate<\/em>, also known as the &ldquo;Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p><em>Nostra Aetate<\/em> was a landmark declaration of the Second Vatican Council that laid out the Catholic Church&rsquo;s path forward in relations with separated churches and other religious faiths.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3861283\/pope-prays-british-monarch-first-time-since-english-reformation\/\">POPE PRAYS WITH BRITISH MONARCH FOR FIRST TIME SINCE ENGLISH REFORMATION, CHARLES GETS PAPAL SEAT OF HONOR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Assyrian Church of the East is a small, ancient church based in Iraq, with parishes located around the world.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pope Leo XIV attends an inter-religious meeting to pray for peace inside the Colosseum in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo\/Gregorio Borgia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Due to historical disputes over authority, theology, and liturgy, it is not in communion with the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, or the Oriental Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n<p>Patriarch Dinkha IV and Pope John Paul II strengthened ties between the Catholic and Assyrian churches in 1994 when they signed a joint document establishing agreement on theological conceptions of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jesus\/\">Jesus Christ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo told Awa during their meeting that he hopes the two churches can come into in &ldquo;full communion.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assyrian leader Mar Awa III gifts Pope Leo jersey of rival Chicago team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2504810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25301569359831_e1207f.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[66173,63966,53803,66174,55381],"class_list":["post-2504809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-assyrian-leader","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-interfaith-relations","tag-jersey-gift","tag-pope-leo"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25301569359831_e1207f.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2504809"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2504813,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504809\/revisions\/2504813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2504810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2504809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2504809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2504809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}