Andrea Bocelli and Pharrell Williams hosted an unprecedented pop concert in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday night, Sept. 13, the eve of Pope Leo XIV’s 70th birthday. This week on “Inside the Vatican,” America Vatican correspondents Gerard O’Connell and Colleen Dulle discuss the concert, the Pope Leo’s birthday, and excerpts from his first major papal interview.
The hosts discuss Pope Leo’s comments on his American and Peruvian identity, synodality, polarization and the role of the Holy See as both a mediator and a voice for peace.
Links from the show:
Leo turns 70: What it means to have a (relatively) young pope
How do popes celebrate their birthdays? Pizza, parties and puppies
Pope Leo receives credentials of U.S. ambassador to the Holy See
Pope Leo calls out billionaires and income inequality in first interview
From Chicago to Chiclayo to Rome: The Global Social Vision of Pope Leo XIV
The unlikely hip-hop duo performing at a historic Vatican concert
Pope Leo expresses his ‘profound closeness’ to the people of Gaza as Israeli ground invasion begins
Credits:
Production, engineering and video editing: Kevin Christopher Robles
Executive producer: Sebastian Gomes
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