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Benigni to join Pope for Children’s Day

Roberto Benigni to read monologue with Pope Francis at Vatican.

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epa10353282 A handout picture provided by the Vatican Media shows Pope Francis receiving in audience Italian filmmaker and actor Roberto Benigni, in Vatican City, 07 December 2022. EPA-EFE/VATICAN MEDIA HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

Life Is Beautiful Oscar winner Roberto Benigni will read a monologue alongside Pope Francis at a ceremony in St Peter’s Square marking World Children’s Day on Sunday May 26, the Vatican said Thursday.
TheTuscan comic and director Benigni, a practising Catholic, will recite the monologue after the Regina Coeli (Queen of Heaven) blessing, it said.
“This is an unprecedented event,” it said.

Via ANSA

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