León XIV jokes about meeting Bad Bunny in Madrid: “There will also be a few here to see the Pope”

“If you are faced with the question of whether you want to see Bad Bunny or whether you want to see the Pope, I think many will go to see Bad Bunny, but I think there will also be a few here to see the Pope and that says something,” noted Robert Prevost.

This was stated this Saturday by the Pontiff when asked by CNN correspondent in the Vatican, Christopher Lamb, about young people who show interest in the faith, during the flight to Madrid from Rome.

The Vigil with young people in the Plaza de Lima that the Pope stars this afternoon coincides with the fifth of the Puerto Rican singer’s ten concerts in Madrid.

The coincidence of both events has unleashed speculation about a possible meeting between Leo XIV and the singer. The Archbishop of Madrid, José Cobo, did not rule out in an interview with Europa Press that the meeting could take place and appealed to build “bridges.”

“Madrid gives a lot. But they are, there are people – and I don’t know that, history will tell when the Pope goes, what happens, not me, what the people decide, what the Pope decides, what Bad Bunny decides -, who do not oppose, but create bridges and it could be, there could be bridges. They would not be antagonistic things,” he specified.

Cobo admitted that the Archdiocese of Madrid is “willing to collaborate”, but insisted that “surprises are surprises” and that these types of meetings “are carried out very secretly.”

During the papal flight, Leo

The Pope landed this Saturday, June 6, at the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport at 10:15 a.m. on an Ita Airways plane and, a few minutes later, he was received by King Felipe VI and King Letizia.

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has also attended the airport in the State Pavilion of the airport. Upon the Pope’s arrival in Spain, the churches of Madrid welcomed the Pope with a ringing of bells.

The Pope, who was wearing a red shirt and stole over his white habit, left the plane at 10:32 a.m. and the reception ceremony lasted just 5 minutes, since at 10:37 a.m. the King and Queen accompanied the Pontiff inside the terminal.

Upon exiting the plane, Prevost saluted with his right hand before descending the stairs and being greeted by the Kings, who were the first to welcome him and exchanged a few words with Leo XIV, before beginning his walk along the red carpet laid out at the foot of the runway.