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The Vatican will experience a true "star shower" next Saturday, when internationally renowned artists such as the Colombian Karol G, the Americans John Legend and Pharrell Williams, and the Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli gather in St. Peter's Square to offer a 'macro-concert' for human fraternity.
The show, titled 'Grace for the World', will close the third edition of the World Meeting on Human Fraternity, an initiative promoted by St. Peter's Basilica that will take place in Rome on September 12th and 13th.
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For two days, the Italian capital will host round tables and meetings dedicated to topics such as the environment, childhood, art, artificial intelligence or sport, among others, in symbolic places of the city. The musical event, open to the public and broadcast live worldwide, will not only feature international celebrities, but also an aerial display of 3,500 drones that will illuminate the Vatican sky with figures inspired by the Sistine Chapel. The show will be under the artistic direction of Bocelli and Pharrell Williams and, among others, will feature the gospel choir Voices of Fire, Thai rapper BamBam, American artist Teddy Swims, rapper Jelly Roll, and Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo. The initiative that seeks to "rediscover the path of fraternity" will culminate on the 13th with the first concert in St. Peter's Square as part of the Year of Jubilee of Hope. "Our humble intention is to propose to the world the horizon of fraternity as the keystone for a new political order, a new economic order and a new social order in human existence," explained Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica, in a statement. On September 13th, before the concert, the so-called 'Assembly of the Human' will be held in Rome's city hall, with the presence of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Maria Ressa; Mozambican activist Graça Machel Mandela and Cardinal Gambetti, in an attempt to answer the question: "What does it mean to be human today?" "The experience of the tables helps to find and listen to each other, to know and recognize each other. Rediscovering fraternity and choosing words and gestures based on the human can nourish the life of institutions and companies, hospitals and sports centers... even artificial intelligence," added Gambetti.
