(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 16 - 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.
Madcap Tuscan 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. (ANSA).
Benigni with Pope for Children's Day
Tuscan comic to recite monologue on Sunday May 26