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Pope Leo XIV meets Patti Smith
On Friday morning, July 31, the Pope received Patti Smith, the singer-songwriter, poet, and artist, who—like him—is originally from Chicago.
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Pope Leo XIV met the American singer-songwriter, poet, and artist, Patti Smith, during a private audience at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Friday morning, July 31. Smith is, like the Pope, originally from Chicago in the USA.
Patti Smith meeting Pope Leo XIV (@Vatican Media)
The inauguration of the Holy See’s Pavilion
On May 8, marking the first anniversary of Pope Leo XIV’s election to the papacy, Smith inaugurated the Holy See’s Pavilion at the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. She performed a sound prayer created in collaboration with the Soundwalk Collective, a key artistic partner in the exhibition project promoted by the Dicastery for Culture and Education.
Remembering Pope Francis
In an interview with Vatican News last April, just days after Pope Francis’ death, Smith shared her personal memories of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, whom she had first met at the General Audience on April 10, 2013, and for whom she performed a year later.
“We have to take the words he cherished — love, humility, compassion — and believe them with our hearts. And, as some of our great Masters taught, we must try to imitate Christ. To imitate Francis is to be that much closer to God,” she said.
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