In June this year, Pope Leo XIV had a special encounter with former Major League Baseball star and 2005 World Series champion A.J. Pierzynski, who presented the Holy Father with a piece of baseball history. A.J. Pierzynski and Ray McKenna, founder and president of Catholic Athletes for Christ, discuss Pierzynski’s memorable meeting with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican and the gifts he presented to the Holy Father.

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