Pope Leo XIV blessed an autograph collector together with his holy John Hancock … signing a baseball that is now anticipated to herald hundreds of {dollars} at public sale.

The pinnacle of the Catholic Church signed a ball for Randy L. Kaplan — a signature hawk who has spent the previous couple of many years gathering signatures of world leaders and different distinguished figures on baseballs.

Kaplan despatched the Pope — a famous Chicago White Sox fan who really attended Recreation 1 of the 2005 World Sequence — two White Sox caps … and, in return, Leo signed the ball.

The public sale — administered by RR Public sale — for the ball started Monday … and, it is already generated a ton of curiosity with a dozen bids on the collectible in only a few days.

The entire value presently sits at simply over $3K … although it might go a lot larger — ‘trigger a ball signed by Pope Francis bought for $18,750 shortly after he handed away earlier this yr.

BTW … Leo’s signature is in demand lately — ‘trigger a gaggle of bikers rode a hog out to the Pope, and he signed it for a charity public sale only a few weeks in the past, proper after he posed within the driver’s seat.