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.

“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.

The South Side native’s message was aimed particularly at young people. “That restlessness you feel in your hearts, we shouldn't look for ways to put out the fire, to numb ourselves to the difficulties we feel,

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.

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."

The pope urged Catholic faithful to be a "light of hope," to serve others, and to make the world a better place.

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,

Floribèrt Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, a customs worker, was killed in 2007 after refusing to allow rancid rice from Rwanda into the DRC.