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saved by the bell Star Mario Lopez never forget meeting Pope Leo XIV.
“When I was in Italy, I was there for winter olympicsand then we had a little honeymoon and then we went to Florence and Milan and Rome,” Lopez, 52, told Us exclusively US Weekly Friday, May 1, while attending Calamigos Ranch Resort & Spa’s World’s Leading Hotel certification celebration. “I just went through some secret channels to see the Pope.”
He continued, “We were going to Mass. It was incredible. I’ll never forget it. He blessed my cross, too.”
Pope Leo XIV, formerly Robert Francis Prevost, was the first pope born in the United States. After his death on May 8, 2025, he became head of the Catholic Church and monarch of Vatican City. pope francis 88 years old.
Lopez has spoke openly about his Catholic faith, Tell us On Friday, he “never wanted to speak out about it.”
“I don’t want to push it on anybody in any way, but I wouldn’t be ashamed if someone asked me, I think it’s important for families to have structure and have a good foundation,” Lopez explained. “Father Jim He’s a friend of ours…I talked to him Stanley Tucci Today because he is in the movie secret meeting“.
He added, “My kids go to Catholic school. It’s important to us that our kids get a faith-based education. So they love it. It’s great. My daughter goes to an all-girls Catholic school. So it’s worked out well for us.”
Catholic churches across the country have experienced an influx of believers following the appointment by Pope Leo XIV new york times. The Archdiocese of Detroit welcomed 1,428 new Catholics this Easter, the largest number of new members the church has welcomed in 21 years, the outlet reported. Other archdioceses from Houston, Texas, to Des Moines, Iowa, have experienced similar trends.
“In our time of uncertainty, in our time of deep anxiety, there is a longing for God and a longing for the stability that faith can bring to people’s lives,” the Archbishop Mitchell Thomas Rozanski St. Louis, Missouri man told new york times In March, he added, his church reported numbers it hadn’t seen since 2016.
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images; Vatican Pool/Getty Images Whoopi Goldberg is pulling out all the stops for The Sister Act III, even giving Pope Francis a cameo. Goldberg, 68, spoke on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Wednesday, May 8, about meeting the 87-year-old pope at the Vatican in 2023. “I went (…)
“I think technology isolates us from each other. I think COVID has really amplified that isolation,” he added. “We realize that many of the ills in our society, particularly anxiety and depression, are caused by this isolation.”
Lopez told us He “has been reading” reports of increasing numbers of people turning to Catholicism amid social and political unrest, adding that he thought it was “fantastic”.
“In a world that’s constantly changing, and things can get scary, it’s always good to lean toward faith and something greater than you,” he continued, “and it can guide you in ways that give you comfort.”