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Pope Leo XIV Meets with Rock Legend Patti Smith

The 40-minute audience included a conversation about memories, music, dreams and hopes, according to Rev. Antonio Spadaro.

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ROME — Rock legend Patti Smith was giddy and almost at a loss for words when she met Friday with Pope Leo XIV. “Hi,” she said softly as she sat down across from Leo at his desk in the Apostolic Palace. Wearing a crucifix necklace and hair in her trademark braids, Smith has become an increasingly visible presence at the Vatican thanks to her friendship with the Rev. Antonio Spadaro, undersecretary in the Vatican’s culture ministry. She has said t…

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·Madrid, Spain
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The singer Patti Smith, known as the priestess of rock, had an audience with Pope Leo XIV last Friday (31). The meeting was filmed and the video shows a small interaction between the pontiff and the artist, who tried to break the ice. First, the pope asks Smith if she speaks English and then Italian. Patti answers that she only speaks the first language, because she is pure American.

·São Paulo, Brazil
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CNN Brasil broke the news in São Paulo, Brazil on Saturday, August 1, 2026.
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