Today Your source for all things celebrity and entertainment. Leonardo DiCaprio 's prayers have been answered. The actor enjoyed a private 15-minute meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican Thursday. Leonardo arrived at 11:15 a.m. local time and was accompanied by his father, George DiCaprio , and the global fundraising chair for the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, Milutin Gatsby . "Your Holiness, thank you for granting me this private audience with you," Leonardo said in Italian as he arrived in the Apostolic Palace and kissed the pope's ring.