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Whoopi Goldberg Shares Details of Meeting with Pope Francis

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Whoopi Goldberg Shares Details of Meeting with Pope Francis

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Hollywood actress Whoopi Goldberg has recently shared details of her meeting with Pope Francis after more than a decade of trying to arrange talks with him.The star of Sister Act joked that she might “burst into flames” when she walked into the Vatican.Sharing a video of her meeting on US talk show The View, she revealed what the pontiff had to say.He said: “One of the best things you can do for people is to help them to have joy and to make them laugh.”His comments came after he was presented with memorabilia from the Sister Act movies.After receiving an image of Goldberg as her character Sister Mary Clarence, Pope Francis smiled as he pointed to her red stilettos which accompanied the traditional nun’s clothing.The actress joked that she was doing her bit to “bring the sisters into the 21st century”.Speaking to her co-hosts on the show she said the visit encouraged her not to abandon the Church and that she felt better for the visit.Sister Act is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Emile Ardolino and written by Paul Rudnick (Joseph Howard). It stars Whoopi Goldberg as a lounge singer forced to join a convent after being placed in a witness protection program. It also features Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, Mary Wickes, and Harvey Keitel.Sister Act was one of the most financially successful comedies of the early 1990s, grossing $231 million worldwide against a $31 million budget. The film spawned a franchise, which consists of the 1993 sequel Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit and a musical adaptation, which premiered in 2006. A third film is in development.Whoopi Goldberg stars as a sassy, low-rent lounge singer forced to hide out from the mob in the last place anyone would ever look for her – a convent. While she’s there, her irreverent behaviour attracts a flock of faithful followers and turns the nuns’ tone-deaf choir into a soulful chorus of swingin’ singin’ sisters. But when the group earns rave reviews, her sudden celebrity jeopardizes her hidden identity.ALSO READ: St John’s Waterloo Awarded Gold Eco Church status

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