NEW: Pope Leo XIV received Patti Smith at the Vatican on Friday, a forty-minute private audience between two natives of Chicago. Within hours, the Catholic right was asking why the Godmother of Punk rates a papal audience and the right-wing dissident sect Society of St. Pius X does not.
The Godmother of Punk Meets Pope Leo XIV — and Catholic Right RevoltsThe poet who eulogized Francis as a dandelion among stones sat across Leo’s desk Friday and said “Hi.” Hours later, LifeSiteNews wanted to know why she got an audience and the SSPX got none.open.substack.com