Tied at halftime, Pope Francis opened the third quarter on a 13-0 run and held the host Brownies scoreless for the first five minutes, 17 seconds of play. Agawam never got closer than seven points the rest of the way, as the Cardinals captured a 64-50 victory at Kibbe Gymnasium.

Pope Leo XIV named Thursday a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York to lead one of the biggest U.S. archdioceses.

Pope Leo has appointed Bishop Ronald Hicks to replace Cardinal Timothy Dolan, a friend of President Donald Trump who has served in the position since 2009, as New York’s newest archbishop, a major shake-up in the country’s Catholic leadership that appears to continue the pontiff’s pushback against Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown.

Pope Francis Prep will now head out to BC High for a road matchup on Dec. 20 at 5:00 p.m. Saint John’s will look to shake off this loss on Dec. 23 against Arlington Catholic at 2:00 p.m.