Seeking divine intervention for his beloved Philadelphia Flyers, fan Mike Culin bypassed conventional good-luck charms for a more celestial approach: gifting Pope Leo XIV a custom team jersey during a family trip to Italy.
"I was like, what are you doing? This costs a lot of money," Culin's wife, Christine, recounted. "Do you really think you’re going to be able to reach the Pope to give him this? And he believed."