Watch moment Pope Leo makes guest appearance at a cathedral rave

Who doesn't love a good rave from time to time? Being out with your mates, dancing to some unreal tunes with like minded people and forgetting about the outside world for a few hours.

And it seems Pope Leo XIV has got into the spirit of them too, having made a completely unexpected appearance at a priest DJ's cathedral rave.

Yes, you read that correctly.

Pope Leo opened a rave played by priest-turned-DJ Padre Guilherme in celebration of Archbishop Bernard Bober's 75th birthday. It took place outside a 14th century cathedral in Slovakia.

In a viral TikTok posted by Guilherme, Pope Leo's two-minute sermon on the huge screen behind him has an ethereal soundtrack which ends with him saying "amen" before Guilherme plays an EDM track with a short build before a thumping bassline kicks in.

As it continues to play, it seems the track also has samples from Pope Leo's speech in it too as people dance away.

Guilherme posted the video on TikTok and it has 1.1m likes at the time of writing and thousands of comments.

One said: "He really said, this is God's HOUSE."

"The church has really stepped up their game 😂" commented a second.

A third joked: "We got a Pope rave before GTA 6."

"POPECHELLA 🔥🔥🔥🔥" a fourth declared.

And a fifth said: "Excuse me but I got blessed by the Pope to rave imma take it very seriously."

Pope Leo is of course from Chicago, the birthplace of house music.

Guilherme has been a leader in the Catholic faith since 1999 and has DJed over the past few years, streaming his sets during the Covid pandemic.

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