Michael Bublé and Carson Daly, co-stars on NBC’s “The Voice,” are still trying to process the past weekend, after meeting Pope Leo XIV twice at the Vatican on December 5 and 6, 2025. Both raised Catholic, Bublé invited Daly to attend his performance at the Concert With the Poor, but neither realized just how deeply the trip — and meeting the Pope in particular — would impact them.
“Nothing prepares you for this,” Bublé wrote on December 10 over a social media video of him as a child on the day of his First Communion, and then at the Vatican decades later, speaking to Pope Leo.
“Standing in the Vatican with my family, meeting the Pope, and performing for such beautiful souls is something I will carry with me forever,” the crooner wrote in his caption, while Daly also reflected on the impact of the trip in an essay for NBC, in which he wrote that he and Bublé “both kept asking each other: How in the world did this just happen?”
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In the caption of his December 10 post, Bublé wrote, “Trying to put this past weekend into words feels almost impossible. Faith has always been woven into my life, little me in that white First Communion outfit is proof of that. God has quietly remained at the center of everything I do and when I look back on my life and career, I can see his hand in all of it: in my family, my friends, everyone I’ve worked with, and in all of you.”
On December 8, Bublé shared a carousel of photos from the special day, beginning with one of himself with his wife, Luisana Lopilato, and his parents at the Vatican, writing, “Standing before His Holiness, Pope Leo XIV, alongside my wife Lu, my parents and my friends was an experience beyond anything we could have dreamed of. To share a few moments with someone whose kindness, humility, and compassion have touched so many was truly unforgettable. This day has filled us with peace, hope and a renewed sense of faith and we are deeply grateful.”
Lopilato also posted about the experience on December 8, writing that “it was a moment full of emotion… but also full of pride. Because I can’t even put into words how proud I am of Mike. Just like I told him in private: ‘I won’t be able to hold it together, I’m going to cry the whole time.’ And yes… that’s exactly what happened.”
Carson Daly Marveled That Pope Leo Sat ’10 Feet Away’ From Him Throughout Concert at the Vatican
After returning to the U.S., Daly shared that Bublé invited him and his wife Siri to accompany his family to the Vatican, writing in an essay for NBC that he and Bublé “share not only the love of music, but also a deep Catholic faith.”
Daly continued, “Both altar boys growing up, he was the first person I exchanged texts with when the white smoke appeared over the Vatican on May 8, 2025, and a new pope was revealed. The first American pope: Pope Leo XIV.”
On December 6, one day after meeting the Pope for the first time, Daly wrote that at the concert that Bublé headlined for “3,000 beautiful, disadvantaged people from all over the world,” the Pope “sat 10 feet away from us.”
Daly shared, “We witnessed him singing along to Bublé, the Choir of the Diocese of Rome and the incredible Nova Opera Orchestra. It was without a doubt one of the best and most inspiring music events I’ve ever witnessed.”
Daly and Bublé will be back in Los Angeles together on December 15 and 16 for the season 28 finale of “The Voice.”
