Pope Leo XIV has made history by being named the first American appointed to head the Catholic Church, and now he’s impressed the heck out of baseball fans after a video that’s surfaced of him doing an incredible one-handed catch went viral.
It happened outside the Vatican at St Peter’s Square on May 28 while the Pope was riding around in an open popemobile when a fan waved a plushie that looked just like him at him. In response, the Pontiff signaled for the fan to toss it towards him so he could get a closer look.
(EXCLUSIVE) POV: you throw a plushie of @Pontifex at @Pontifex pic.twitter.com/o1IsBL6jKp
— Pope Crave (@ClubConcrave) May 29, 2025
In the clip, we see the rather impressive move when the Pope reached his arm out and made a one-handed grab in the air of the little stuffed doll while the vehicle he was riding in continued to move.
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