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Pope Leo is Not a Philly Guy After Refusing to Put on Eagles Hat
By Kyle Pagan
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Pope Leo was given an Eagles hat, but didn’t put it on. We can finally put the argument to rest. Not a Philly guy, just like his alma mater:
Look how fast he handed that thing off. Was it was on fire? Playing hot potato with a Super Bowl Champion hat. Despicable work from il Papa.
I mean, you give the guy a White Sox hat and he can’t wait to put it on even though they’re a billion games under .500:
He’ll never be an Eagles fan. We know because of this electric reporting via Joe Brandt at CBSNews.com:
“He was very happy when the Eagles won the Super Bowl. He rejoiced with those of us from Philly,” Augustinian Father Joe Farrell said.
Farrell said he did not hear the Holy Father say “Go Birds” at any point during the Super Bowl.
However, it’s clear Pope Leo reps the Windy City first and foremost.
Not even one “Go Birds” during the Super Bowl? Wtf? If I went to school in Jacksonville and somehow by a divine miracle the Jaguars were kicking ass in the Super Bowl you’d at least get one “DUUUUUVALLLLLL” out of me. Lets be honest though, they’re five hours ahead in Rome and Pope Leo was snoozing by the time the clock struck zero. He probably saw the first half beatdown, said his prayers, and went to sleep. Even the most powerful Catholic in the universe knew a miracle was out of reach for the Chiefs.
I guess I have to respect it. A couple years at Villanova and trips to Wawa can’t replace the hometown team you grew up cheering for and soupy pizza you ate as a child. Good news for the rest of the Big 5: now that we see how he treats teams not from Chicago, maybe Villanova doesn’t get any of that sweet Catholic NIL money. Pope Leo XIV confirmed not a Philly guy:
Kyle writes blog posts and does Man on the Street-style videos all around Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University (a basketball school) in 2015. contact: k.pagan@sportradar.com