Un lunga e bella intervista di Bono, nella quale parla della sua lotta all'AIDS, di Dio, dell'undici settembre 2001 (era in Italia!).

Ecco un pezzo nel quale ricorda il papa.



KING: What did you talk to the pope about?

BONO: You know, the pope was great on the debt issue, you know, because we're still holding these countries to ransom a lot of times for the mistakes their grandparents made -- you know, borrowings that they couldn't live up to. But a lot of the lending was irresponsible as well.

Anyway, he wanted to get a part of that, and you know, it made a great photograph, you know, pop star and pope. And he's quite a pop star himself, actually.

KING: He is.

BONO: Yes, he...

KING: He's a pop star pope.

BONO: Yes, yes, he grabbed my glasses...

KING: But you're a man of doubting faith, who is a Catholic, with the seer of your church.

BONO: I'm half Catholic and half -- I mean, I'm not doubting. I don't doubt God. I have firm faith absolutely in God. It's religion I'm doubting. I was very glad to be in his presence. A lot of Irish people -- a lot of Irish women were very upset because of his position on contraception.

KING: Yes.

BONO: What are you doing hanging out with this man? We don't care. He set back the church. I actually -- but I didn't feel that. I felt he has very sincere beliefs. And even if they're not popular, at least they're sincere.

And he had a mischief, by the way, a little bit of a wicked glint in his eye. I just had to tell you. He took my glasses. I gave him my glasses, and he put them on and made this kind of devilish little grin. And there were photographs taken of that, actually, but we've -- oddly enough, they never got out.