Even the most well-known figure in the religious community has a connection to the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.

Philadelphia's Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez gave Pope Leo XIV an Eagles hat while visiting the Vatican on Wednesday.

Pope Leo XIV, a well-known White Sox’s fan and leader of the Catholic Church, may also have an affinity for a popular sports franchise in the City of Brotherly Love as he smiled as he accepted a Philadelphia Eagles hat from Philly’s Archbishop Nelson Jesus Pérez and Bishop John McIntyre at the Vatican on the morning of Wednesday,

Pope Leo XIV is a documented Wildcats basketball and Chicago White Sox baseball fan, but it is unclear where his football allegiances lie. And a video that surfaced Wednesday doesn’t make that any clearer;