Marcus Mumford tells Jimmy Fallon about is unusual interplay with Pope Francis.
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The Pope will make it clear when your time is up!
Marcus Mumford revealed his awkward encounter with Pope Francis throughout his current journey to the Vatican.
The 35-year-old Mumford & Sons frontman was invited to fulfill with the chief of the Catholic Church and was excited in regards to the uncommon expertise as he “wished to listen to him.”
Mumford, together with a handful of different artists, attended the “Vitae Summit” on the Vatican this summer season to begin a dialogue on find out how to use the humanities to foster a tradition of hope and unity.
Close to the top of his go to, the “I Will Wait” hitmaker acquired the chance to hope with His Holiness.
Mumford approached a seated Pope Francis and took a knee out of respect after ready in line. The Pope insisted on Mumford standing up, leading to Mumford crouching uncomfortably over the Holy Father.
“The one factor he mentioned to me was, ‘Will you pray for me?” Mumford mentioned throughout an interview on “The Tonight Present with Jimmy Fallon” on Friday. “The place I’m from, I’d like to! I slap an arm on his shoulder and say a fast prayer for him.”
After roughly eight seconds, Mumford recalled Pope Francis turned to his watch through the prayer.
“He simply does just a little cheeky examine of the watch,” Mumford mentioned, imitating the encounter. “It was nice!”
A video of the incident was captured by Mumford’s buddy, which Fallon performed on air for his viewers, inflicting the set to erupt in laughter on the awkwardness of the encounter.
Mumford was an excellent sport about his unusual assembly with the Pope.
“He meets so many individuals. It should be tough.”
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