Patti Smith meets the Pope

  Rock star Patti Smith, who is not Catholic, shook hands with the pontiff Tuesday while visiting the Pope’s weekly general audience at St. Peter’s Square. She is currently in Rome for a music festival. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

Godmother of punk meets Holy Father

Patti Smith, artist and punk rock pioneer, met Pope Francis at the end of his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Wednesday.Smith, who is not a Catholic, told the media afterwards that she found the new pontiff "very interesting" and "liked h … Full story

Pope Francis leads first Easter mass

  In his first Easter Sunday since his election, Pope Francis led an open-air Mass in front of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, offering a message of peace. He called for an end to violence across the world and an easing of tensions in the Korean peninsula. NBC’s Claudio Lavanga reports.