John added a humorous anecdote about their conversation: “I asked him, ‘Do you have your red socks?’ and joked, ‘Did you watch the movie Conclave so you know how to act?’ He had just watched it, so he knew how to behave,” he said, laughing.
John explained that he wanted to lighten the mood, saying, “I just wanted to make him laugh a bit because this is such a huge responsibility now.”
The revelation that the pope plays word games and watches movies left many people on social media amazed.
One Reddit user said: “I might sound silly, but this made me realize that the pope has family. I always thought of the pope as just a singular figure without personal connections.”
Another person added: “It’s wild to think his brother is just living an ordinary life in suburbia.”
“It’s so nice to see the human side of the new pope,” another commenter said, with many expressing comfort in the idea of Pope Leo spending time playing games and talking to family members.
