Bad Bunny and the Pope Linked Up

The former altar boys and brothers in Christ, Bad Bunny and Pope Leo XIV, met up on Monday for a “private meeting,” and recent events suggest the two might have bonded over the toddler who must not be named.  

While on his way to Madrid for an apostolic visit, the pope responded to questions from reporters on the papal plane, joking that the people of Madrid would probably opt to see Bad Bunny over him, who was also in the capital on a leg of his Debí Tiron Más Fotos World Tour. Bad Bunny grew up singing in his church choir in Puerto Rico, so I can imagine it was an immense honor to hear the pope discussing his impact.

“If [people] are confronted with the question ‘Do you want to go see Bad Bunny or do you want to go to see the pope?’ I think many will see Bad Bunny,” Leo said. “But I think there will also be a few here to see the pope. And that says something, you know.” OK, well, can Leo rap? Because that would change things. But thank God they managed to find time in their busy schedules, what with Bad Bunny’s 10-day residency and the pope… doing whatever a pope does.

On Tuesday, the Vatican released a statement confirming that Bad Bunny and Leo had “a private meeting” in Madrid… and what a mysterious choice of words….What did they gossip about? That weird MAGA Super Bowl halftime show? The Eucharist? Traffic? I’m dying to know.

According to the Vatican’s statement, the meeting took place on Monday at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium after Leo held a gathering of the Archdiocesan community, and afterward extended the pleasure of his company to Bad Bunny and his family. (There is a rumored photo of the encounter, but you have to be following Leo’s finsta to see it, sorry.) So the next time I question whether I have anything in common with the Catholics, I’ll think back to this and remember that the pope loves Bad Bunny too. <3

Of course, the two do have one enemy in common: the president of the United States, who has waged his own holier-than-thou war against the pontiff, and said Bad Bunny’s Spanish-language halftime show was “one of the worst ever” and “a slap in the face to the country.” So I hope they talked their shit; Lord forgive my language.

As of now, there is still time for the Leo to make an appearance at one of Bad Bunny’s Madrid concerts, depending on how fast he can learn the words to “Tití Me Preguntó.”

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