Hulk enjoys smashing time as Lou Ferrigno visits Pope in St Peter’s Square

American actor Lou Ferrigno attends Pope Leo XIV’s weekly general audience (Andrew Medichini/AP)

The Incredible Hulk fulfilled a childhood dream by meeting with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday.

Lou Ferrigno, who starred as the Marvel character during its 1977–1982 US television run, met the American pope and chatted briefly with him at the end of Leo’s general audience in St Peter’s Square.