“So many people who suffer from different experiences of depression or sadness — they can discover that the love of God is truly healing, that it brings hope,” the first American pope said in a video broadcast on the jumbotron at the White Sox baseball stadium in Chicago.

Thousands went to the first American pope’s old haunt on the South Side to hear a message from the man they once knew as Robert Francis Prevost.

Adolis Garcia ripped a two-out single to score pinch runner Evan Carter with the winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning, lifting the Texas Rangers to a 5-4 victory over the reeling White Sox on Saturday in Arlington,

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Rate Field hosted a special mass and celebration in honor of Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pope and a confirmed White Sox fan.

Pope Leo spoke for about seven minutes during the event, organized by the Chicago archdiocese and broadcast at Rate Field in Chicago, his hometown.

The White Sox optioned right-handed pitcher Owen White to Triple-A Charlotte on Friday after he gave up three earned runs in 4.1 innings.