The first-ever American pope's first trip abroad started off with a distinctly American moment, when Pope Leo XIV was gifted a baseball bat formerly owned by Chicago White Sox legend Nellie Fox.

CBS News correspondent Chris Livesay was among the 81 journalists on the papal flight to Turkey who were greeted by the pope during an unannounced stroll through the cabin to greet the Vatican press corps.

Many on board continued the long-standing tradition of presenting gifts to the pontiff as a courtesy, but Livesay had a particularly personal gift for the Chicago native: a Louisville Slugger baseball bat that once belonged to Hall of Fame second baseman Nellie Fox — a Chicago White Sox legend whose career coincided with Leo's childhood.

The pontiff jokingly wondered how CBS News' Chris Livesa

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