Supporters of Pope Leo XIV gathered Saturday, not in a cathedral or a church, but a baseball stadium the pope once frequented years as Robert Francis Prevost.

The forecast is sunny for the pope's Chicago event on June 14. Meanwhile, President Trump's military parade in Washington, D.C., is looking much wetter.

On June 14, the new American Pope Leo XIV delivered his first address to a U.S. audience via a pre-recorded video message from Chicago’s White Sox Stadium. The message, part of a packed celebration organized by the Archdiocese of Chicago,

The Chicago-born pope addressed a crowd of 30,000 in a live-streamed message from the Vatican: "Build up community [and] friendship as brothers and sisters."

Pope Leo XIV has helped sell out a stadium show in Chicago with a promised virtual appearance—scheduled for the same day as a major military parade in Washington, D.C. Within the first 15 minutes of ticket availability,

"The celebration will feature a video message from Pope Leo XIV to the young people of the world, which will be broadcast first from our event, there will also be celebration prayer music ...