Whoopi Goldberg spent her Sunday with the Pope, asking him to deliver her from all the evil influences of friends and family surrounding her.”

Whoopi Goldberg spent her Sunday with the Pope, asking him to deliver her from all the evil influences of friends and family surrounding her.”I have many enemies, and only God can save me from them. They’ve been after my life.”

Pope Francis praised actor and comedian Whoopi Goldberg for helping people laugh and feel joy, telling her, “You are very important.”Not as important as you!” she replied, shaking her head in disbelief during a private audience at the Vatican Oct. 12, seen in a clip posted on social media and the U.S. network television show, “The View,” Oct. 16.

Goldberg shared details of the meeting on “The View,” saying, “He was quite amazing. He is exactly what I hoped he would be, which is a pope for all people regardless of religion, which I really appreciated.”

Goldberg shared details of the meeting on “The View,” saying, “He was quite amazing. He is exactly what I hoped he would be, which is a pope for all people regardless of religion, which I really appreciated.”

“I wanted to thank him for all of my gay friends and for all of my divorced friends because he basically has said, ‘Listen, God loves you no matter what, come back to the church.’ I appreciated that,” she said.