But that news quickly was refuted by the Pope’s own brother, as well as some resurfaced video footage. “He was never ever a Cubs fan, so I don’t know where that came from,” John Prevost told local Chicago station WGN TV. “He was always a Sox fan. Our mother was a Cubs fan. I don’t know, maybe that clued in there and our dad was a Cardinals fan, so I don’t know where all that came from. “And all the aunts, our mom’s family was from the north side, so that’s why they were Cubs fans.”