Al Pacino met Pope Leo XIV on Monday, June 16. "He was very excited and very happy to meet the Pope," film producer Andrea Iervolino, who was present for the meeting, tells PEOPLE.

Al Pacino and film producer Andrea Iervolino met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, Iervolino shared on his Instagram page Monday.

Pope Leo XIV is a notable fan of the Chicago White Sox, a penance for sins if ever there was one. He has Creole roots through family members from New Orleans. He plays pandemic sensation turned New York Times tentpole Wordle daily. Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. pointed out last week that he's related to many of America's most enduring exports.