Pope Leo XIV did the viral “6-7” trend for children at the Vatican in a video posted on TikTok by Catholic Priest Don Roberto Fiscer on Saturday.
Father Fiscer is a popular Italian-based influencer. The video showed Fiscer with a group of children at St. Peter’s Square. While speaking Italian, Fiscer and the children said, “6-7” as the pope stopped next to them.
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The pope repeated the phrase and did the hand gestures associated with the trend.
Democratic politician Christopher Hale, who ran for Tennessee representative in 2018 and 2020, reacted to the video on X, saying, “Leo XIV has cultural range.”
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The trend blew up on social media as a type of meme or slang where children said the words “six seven” and moved their hands up and down, one at a time. It is a nonsensical expression used especially by teenagers and tweens, according to Merriam-Webster; the joke is that the phrase has no meaning — its absurdity and repetition are the point.
Pope Leo is the first-ever American pope. He was born in Chicago as Robert Prevost.
