Pope Leo XIV has made peace with Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope, gave him a tennis racket and offered to play.

Pope Leo XIV made his first social media post on Tuesday in which he sent a message of peace, as he seeks to maintain an active social media presence.

Vice President JD Vance will be in Rome this weekend for the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV. Vance, who met with the late Pope Francis on Easter Sunday just hours before Francis’s death, will make another trip to the Vatican to greet Francis’s successor.

Vice President Vance will lead a U.S. delegation to Pope Leo XIV's inaugural mass in Vatican City on Sunday, his office announced Thursday. Why it matters: Leo is the first American pope, who took over the papacy at a time of deep political divide in his home country.

Louis Prevost also revealed the big change he’s made since his younger sibling was elected as the first U.S.-born pope.