During a meeting between the new American pope and international media on Monday, journalists offered to play doubles, or to organize a charity match. Leo seemed game “but we can’t invite Sinner,” he said in an apparent reference to the English meaning of Sinner’s last name.

Days after Pope Leo XIV, formerly Robert Francis Prevost, was elected as the first American pontiff on May 8, US President Donald Trump has said that he would like to speak to the first pontiff from America.

Pope Leo XIV shared his first message on the official papal social media accounts this week, continuing the digital outreach of his predecessors with a post focused on peace.