Leon XIV, the man of records, tennis and Peru

The successor of Francis played for years in Peru and his appointment was celebrated during the Masters 1000 of Rome; inside the Vatican City a tennis court is preserved

Francis had said to come from afar on the evening of his election. Leo XIV came from the four horizons. ...

Vatican City, Vatican.- The passion for sport continues in The Vatican. Robert Francis Prevost Martínez, cardinal who becomes Pope Leo XIV, has love for sport, as his predecessor Francis. It turns out that Prevost, born 69 years ago in Chicago, is a great fan of tennis, and even practiced it. Prevost, who in 2015 acquired Peruvian nationality - where he lived for several years - has declared in different interviews his love of tennis. "I conside…

It was a curious and appropriate coincidence: while the Vatican announced the new pope, on the courts of the Italic Forum, just next door, matches of the Italian Open were being played. And it was not a minor detail, since the new Supreme Pontiff, Leo XIV, is passionate about tennis. The now pope, the first American in history, is called Robert Prevost, born in Chicago and was an Augustinian missionary in Peru for years. In an interview of 2023 …

On May 9, 2025, the Vatican lives days of unusual effervescence. And not only because of the recent election of Leon XIV, the first U.S. and Peruvian pontiff in history, but because under his cassocks a unusual passion is hidden in the Roman curia: tennis. In a context where spirituality usually grabs the spotlights, the irruption of the “Tinnist Pope” has generated headlines and smiles all over the planet. Ever since he took over the command of…

The Archbishop of Buenos Aires drew a line of continuity between the two popes. The Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge García Cueva, said today that the new Pope Leon XIV “is a man of Francis” and that he “shares his gaze from reality.” “He is a man of Francis, he put him at the head of one of the most important dicasteries,” recalled the Argentine religious about Robert Prevost, who before being anointed as Supreme Pontiff was prefect of the Dic…