{"id":83399,"date":"2026-06-06T08:16:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=83399"},"modified":"2026-06-06T08:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:23:10","slug":"pope-versus-bad-bunny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/pope-versus-bad-bunny\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Versus &#8216;Bad Bunny&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From AP:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/content\/dam\/vaticannews\/agenzie\/images\/srv\/2026\/06\/06\/2026-06-06-viaggio-apostolico-in-spagna---visita-di-cortesia-all\/1780743063004.JPG\/_jcr_content\/renditions\/cq5dam.thumbnail.cropped.750.422.jpeg\" alt=\"Pope Leo XIV welcomed by the King and Queen of Spain\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/pope-leo-xiv\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">Pope Leo XIV<\/a><\/span> acknowledged Saturday as he headed to Spain that he\u2019s competing with another VIP in Madrid this weekend, and also declared his preference in the country\u2019s biggest soccer rivalry.\u00a0Puerto Rican sensation\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/bad-bunny\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">Bad Bunny<\/a><\/span>\u00a0is performing two shows of his 10-concert Spanish tour in the Spanish capital.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters aboard the papal plane, Leo acknowledged the Bad Bunny draw when he referred to anecdotal reports of a newfound spiritual awakening especially among young people in Spain. The American pope said he understood that young adults are sensing a lack of meaning in their lives and mused that his visit might help \u201cawaken\u201d something in them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From AP: Pope Leo XIV acknowledged Saturday as he headed to Spain that he\u2019s competing with another VIP in Madrid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83399"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83401,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83399\/revisions\/83401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}