Pope welcomes tennis star Sünd to the Vatican – DW – May 14, 2025

The Pope becomes a lot of attention to the sum of the possible course of newly elected Pope Leo XIV for the Catholic Church and the novelty of his American (which is both in the north and south).

On Monday Leo asked a pilgrim and asked that he signed a baseball: “White Sox or Cubs?” Before he signs his autograph-the Pope, who comes from Chicagos South Side, is a lifelong SOX fan.

On Wednesday, Pope Leo received a visit and presented Jannik Sinner, the worldwide -ranked tennis player, who was open to the current Italians.

What happened to the Pope’s meeting with sinners?

It is known that Pope Leo XIV is an enthusiastic tennis player who follows sport exactly. During his visit to Vatican, Sinner gave the religious leader a racket and expanded an invitation to beat a few balls together.

Leo rejected the invitation from sinner to Volleye and said with a laugh: “We’ll break a little. It is best not.”

With regard to the purely white dress code of the All England Club, the Pope pointed to his own cassock while he held the racket and joked: “They left me in Wimbledon like this.”

Sinner doesn’t want trouble

At the beginning of this week, the Pope said that he was open to a game of charity “as long as he does not sinner” and shines the English -language meaning of the name.

Sünner is said to have answered: “Try to get me into trouble?” To the news about the opportunity to play the Pope.

The high -ranking player was accompanied on Wednesday by his family and his Italian tennis resident Angelo Binaghi. He posed for photos with the new Pope in front of the Davis Cup, the sinner and Binaghi.

Sinner, who has just returned from a three -month doping ban for a random violation, will play Casper Ruud in a quarter -final game in Rome on Thursday.

Published by: Louis Oelofse