{"id":39340,"date":"2026-06-12T19:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T19:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/39340\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T19:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T19:00:20","slug":"bad-bunny-meets-pope-leo-in-madrid-but-should-have-taken-more-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/39340\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Bunny meets Pope Leo in Madrid, but should have taken more photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"USA<\/a>Wed, June 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM UTC\"\"<\/p>\n

Bad Bunny meets Pope Leo in Madrid, but should have taken more photos<\/p>\n

BARCELONA\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Pope Leo\u00a0had a brief private meeting with Puerto Rican singer\u00a0Bad\u00a0Bunny\u00a0at Madrid’s Bernabeu stadium on June 8 as both were touring Spain, the Vatican said on June 9, adding that it did not expect to release any photos of the meeting.<\/p>\n

According to a Vatican statement, the pope met the reggaeton sensation, whose album “Deb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos” (“I Should Have Taken More Pictures”) won Album of the Year<\/a> at this year’s Grammys, with his family and other people. He offered them a short greeting before leaving the stadium, it added.<\/p>\n

Leo, who drew the ire of U.S. President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0earlier this year after\u00a0criticising\u00a0the Iran war, is on a week-long tour of Spain, where he has warned that escalating conflicts have pushed the world into “profound crisis.”<\/p>\n

Coincidentally, triggering Trump’s anger is something the pope and\u00a0Bad\u00a0Bunny, whose given name is Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, have in common.<\/p>\n

The singer has been outspoken in his criticism<\/a> of Trump’s hardline anti-immigration policies and supported former Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a>, a Democrat, in the 2024 presidential race.<\/p>\n

Bad\u00a0Bunny\u00a0headlined the Super Bowl halftime show in February, bringing Spanish language and reggaeton rhythms to the annual U.S. football spectacle. Trump called the show “absolutely terrible”<\/a> and “an affront to the Greatness of America”.<\/p>\n

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