Seniors at St. Rita High School on Chicago's Southwest Side were given a pretty straightforward assignment this week: choose a potential pope and give a presentation. Then came the curveball from the papal conclave.

Sports fans had one question when Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago was elected as the new pope: What are his favorite teams?

White smoke trickled through the air in Vatican City on Thursday afternoon, signaling the appointment of the Bishop of Rome - better known as the pope.When the supreme pontiff was unveiled to the masses of parishioners who pooled into the plaza at St.