Italian Actor Roberto Benigni to Join Pope Francis for World Children’s Day
Italian Actor Roberto Benigni to Join Pope Francis for World Children’s Day
Italian Actor Roberto Benigni to Join Pope Francis for World Children’s Day
The Vatican is expecting children from more than 100 countries to travel to Rome for the weekend event with the Pope.
Pope Francis will be joined by Italian actor Roberto Benigni and soccer star Gianluigi Buffon as the pontiff celebrates World Children’s Day over the last weekend in May.
The Vatican announced on Thursday that World Children’s Day will “kick off” on Saturday, May 25, at 3:30 p.m. with a soccer match between kids and professional soccer players in Rome’s Olympic Stadium led by Buffon, the goalie who helped Italy achieve victory in the 2006 World Cup.
On the second day of the event, Benigni, best known for his Oscar-winning film “Life Is Beautiful,” will give a short speech at the end of Pope Francis’ Mass and Angelus address in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, May 26.
World Children’s Day is a new initiative by Pope Francis sponsored by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Culture and Education in …