{"id":23629,"date":"2026-07-31T22:53:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=23629"},"modified":"2026-07-31T22:53:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:53:43","slug":"patti-smith-meets-pope-leo-xiv-in-vatican-city-almost-speechless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=23629","title":{"rendered":"Patti Smith Meets Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City, Almost Speechless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/patti-smith-pope-leo.jpg?quality=80\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-id=\"1615235\" data-title=\"Patti Smith Left Speechless Meeting Pope Leo Before \u201cSpark Was Lit\u201d\" data-url=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/07\/patti-smith-pope-leo-xiv-meeting-vatican\/\" data-page=\"1\" data-pages=\"1\">\n<p>Punk rock\u2019s unofficial patron saint, <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/patti-smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patti Smith<\/a>, privately met with fellow Chicago native\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/tag\/pope-leo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pope Leo XIV<\/a> on Friday, July 31st. Relatably, Smith was almost speechless at first, but soon <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/antoniospadaro\/status\/2083127180490428429\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u201ca spark was lit\u201d<\/a> between the musician and the Pope, according to\u00a0Vatican Undersecretary for Culture and Education Rev. Antonio Spadaro.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vivid-seats.pxf.io\/c\/1882189\/952533\/12730?subId1=patti-smith%2Apope-leo-xiv-meeting-vatican-button&amp;subId2=&amp;subId3=&amp;sharedid=&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vividseats.com%2Fpatti-smith-tickets%2Fperformer%2F7714\" class=\"button button-ticket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Find Patti Smith Tickets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spadaro, a longtime friend of Smith\u2019s, described the \u201cunforgettable moment\u201d as \u201ca conversation between two people discovering they were old friends, sharing memories woven from words and music, dreams, visions, and hopes \u2014 both from yesterday and for today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Smith is not Catholic, she has been to the Vatican on multiple occasions. In 2014, she was invited to play Pope Francis\u2019 Christmas concert. The living legend returned for the annual event in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Leone XIV ha incontrato Patti Smith\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CI8Y6qAmMsQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When that door opened, something happened\u2026 a spark was lit\u2014one that came with a few lighthearted moments, but also with a profound sense of emotion and of a shared mission in this challenging world.<br \/>Two Americans. Two Chicagoans. Two remarkable figures whose voices speak hope to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ol9bOjr1dQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Ol9bOjr1dQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Antonio Spadaro (@antoniospadaro) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/antoniospadaro\/status\/2083127180490428429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n\t\tn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=1;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n\t\tdocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\t\tfbq('init', '1753966171496536');\n\t\tfbq('set','agent','tmgoogletagmanager', '1753966171496536');\n\t\tfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\t<\/script><script defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v7.0&#038;appId=434175690014\" nonce=\"6gwmbCtM\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punk rock\u2019s unofficial patron saint, Patti Smith, privately met with fellow Chicago native\u00a0Pope Leo XIV on Friday, July 31st. 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