Photos: White Sox unveil their new City Connect uniforms — with a splash of Bulls

There were times I did whatever I could to recover from injuries in an effort to keep my strength up to perform over 162 games.

— Sammy Sosa in an open letter where he apologized for some of the mistakes he made in the past.

Where there is love, there is no room for prejudice, for ‘security’ zones separating us from our neighbors, for the exclusionary mindset that, tragically, we now see emerging also in political nationalisms.— Pope Leo XIV criticized the surge of nationalist political movements in the world and prayed for reconciliation and dialogue during a mass.

When I see each and every one of you, when I see how people gather together to celebrate their faith, I discover myself how much hope there is in the world in this jubilee year of hope.

— Pope Leo XIV during a video message at the celebration at Rate Field.

I’d like to take this opportunity to invite each one of you to look into your own hearts, to recognize that God is present, and that perhaps in many different ways, God is reaching out to you.— Pope Leo XIV addressing young people gathered in Chicago and watching online during his first public address.

We have to be on the front lines to fight for democracy.

— U.S. Representative LaMonica Mclver, standing in front of a statue of Abraham Lincoln outside the Essex County courthouse.