Pope Leo XIV at Andrea Bocelli Concert: Music's Beauty Points Us to God
The 164-voice choir included children from conflict zones, and the pope said music can help people encounter God and peace.
- On Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV attended the "Canticle of Peace" concert at the Pontifical Gardens of Castel Gandolfo, where Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli led a 164-member children's choir in song.
- Held at the Borgo Laudato si' gardens, the gathering marked the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century friar who advocated voluntary poverty and care for creation.
- The choir featured 164 participants aged 8 to 19 from the Holy Land, Uganda, and Italy, completing a ten-day program sponsored by the Andrea Bocelli Foundation and the Laudato si' Higher Education Center.
- Pope Leo told the young singers that "the beauty of music invites us to encounter the one who is beauty itself," describing the choir as an ideal symbol of harmony and cooperation.
- Amid ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, Pope Leo prayed that "peace may reign in your homes and in all those places throughout the world that continue to suffer from violence.
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Pope Leo XIV at Andrea Bocelli concert: Music's beauty points us to God
CASTEL GANDOLFO (OSV News) — As dusk settled over the Pontifical Gardens of Castel Gandolfo on July 29, Pope Leo XIV listened as Andrea Bocelli led 164 young voices in a hymn, prompting the pope to offer a reflection on how beauty can lead us to God. “The beauty of music invites us to encounter the one who is beauty itself,” Pope Leo remarked after the international children’s choir performed with the tenor in the Vatican’s Borgo Laudato si’ gar…
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The Italian tenor, accompanied by 164 choirs, performed on Wednesday in the pontifical summer residence, on the occasion of the celebrations of the eighth centenary of the death of Saint Francis of Assisi.
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