{"id":3539,"date":"2023-10-22T22:34:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T20:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=3539"},"modified":"2023-10-22T22:34:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T20:34:12","slug":"the-view-whoopi-goldberg-gifted-pope-francis-sister-act-merch-and-signed-copies-at-his-request-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=3539","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The View\u2019: Whoopi Goldberg Gifted Pope Francis \u2018Sister Act\u2019 Merch and Signed Copies \u2013 at His Request (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI thought, \u2018OK, I\u2019m gonna walk into this building, and I\u2019m going to burst into flames,\u2019\u201d the ABC moderator jokes<\/p>\n<p>What does one give the Pope as a present? Well, if you\u2019re \u201cThe View\u201d host Whoopi Goldberg, you give him a signed copy of \u201cSister Act,\u201d along with some merch for the movie. Yes, seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Whoopi returned to the ABC talk show on Monday, after being absent for much of last week. On Wednesday, host Joy Behar explained that Goldberg was \u201coff doing something really exciting\u201d that they couldn\u2019t talk about, and urged viewers to come back on Monday for an explanation. Well, as it turns out, Whoopi went to meet the Pope.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_2915.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"328\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_2915.webp 624w, https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_2915-300x158.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was kind of shocking. Because for 11 years, this is something I\u2019ve tried to do,\u201d Whoopi explained. \u201cAnd you know, you have to go through all these different ways, and we did it a different way. And the next thing I knew I was in Rome, talking to him. And he was quite amazing. He is exactly what I hoped he would be, which is a pope for all people, regardless of religion, which I really appreciated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whoopi brought along some footage of her visit with the Pope, in which she hands him a copy of \u201cSister Act,\u201d her hit film in which she plays a woman who disguises herself temporarily as a nun.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the movie, Goldberg can be seen with a copy of the soundtrack, as well as what looks like a \u201cSister Act\u201d notebook, and more.<\/p>\n<p>But, according to the host, she brought those things at the request of Pope Francis himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, I thought, \u2018OK, I\u2019m gonna walk into this building, and I\u2019m going to burst into flames,\u2019\u201d Whoopi joked. \u201cAs it turns out, I did not. And I brought him some stuff from from \u2018Sister Act,\u2019 that he asked for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Whoopi Meets with Pope Francis | The View\" width=\"820\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R4XI29fpbCE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI thought, \u2018OK, I\u2019m gonna walk into this building, and I\u2019m going to burst into flames,\u2019\u201d the ABC moderator jokes What does one give the Pope as a present? Well, if you\u2019re \u201cThe View\u201d host Whoopi Goldberg, you give him a signed copy of \u201cSister Act,\u201d along with some merch for the movie. Yes, seriously. 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