dafter With the heart – In the name of Francison Rai 1 comes a new appointment with charity related to religion. A voice for Padre Pio 2023 airs tonight at 21.30with the management of Mara Venier. In the cast of the program, many guestsincluding actors and singers linked to the figure of the saint of Pietrelcina.
A voice for Padre Pio 2023Mara Venier in the third year
The evening event goes on stage from Santissima Annunziata square in Pietrelcina, in the province of Benevento, the municipality that gave birth to the friar. The program focuses on joy and rebirth. They won’t be missing moments of reflection, thanks to the testimony of some figures linked to the work of Padre Pio.
A voice for Padre Pio is in its twenty-fourth edition, the third consecutive conducted by Mara Venier. Born from an idea of Enzo Palumbo, it has always set itself the goal of telling stories human stories of devotion and faiththrough the teaching of the saint, namely, to relieve human suffering.
And of course we also talk about solidarity thanks to a fundraising campaign supported by Rai per il Socialewhich aims to support the projects carried out by A voice for Padre Pio Onlus. It’s possible donate 2 euros by sending an SMS to 45531 or 5 euros by calling from a landline.
The projects in Italy and in Africa
During the evening, several will alternate guests. With regard to the solidarity part, the professor Guido Oppido of the Monaldi hospital in Naples for the project Rebellious hearts and Professor Giulio Basoccuwhich will tell about inauguration of a hospital in the Ivory Coast. To these are added the volunteers of the non-profit association named after the friar to remind the public existing and implemented projects in Italy and abroad.
In particular, Target Italywhich has helped over eight thousand families by providing them with food aid. It should be remembered that the pandemic has caused economic difficulties for part of the social fabric. In the last three years, in fact, requests for help have increased by 40%. Among the other projects carried out by the non-profit organization, Brother Study Sister Schoolin support of girls and boys in primary school, to combat early school leaving.
Still, Add a seat at the table tries to counter the difficulties of families in emergency situations also due to the war in Ukraine. Reach outthen, deals with provide concrete help to families unable to pay the bills of utilities, medical expenses and other necessary expenses.
On the international front, the non-profit organization carries on Target Africa. On the African continent, the number of people living in conditions of deprivation has increased by 9 million. In the Ivory Coast and in Cameroon thanks to the humanitarian corridor C medical-health programmerebel hearts children with congenital cardiomyopathies can be treated in Italy.
Al Bano and Jasmine Carrisi at “The Voice Senior”. (Rai)
Among the guests of Mara Venier, Nino D’Angelo, Michele Placido and Patty Pravo
About the artistic cast, instead, some of the great names of Italian music arrive. Between these, Nino D’Angelo, which has always been linked to the figure of Padre Pio and to faith. On stage too Al Bano and his daughter Jasmine Carrisi, Arisa, Clementino, Leo Gassmann, Michele Placido, Patty Pravo and Ricchi e Poveri.
Arisa returns to Rai 1 after the hosted a All dreams still flying, conducted by Massimo Ranieri. Leo Gassmann participated in the Sanremo Festival 2023 with Third heart, finishing eighteenth. Recently, however, Patty Pravo was a guest at The best years 2023. Complete cast, the Suoni del Sud orchestra, directed by maestro Alterisio Paoletti.
Al Bano and Jasmine Carrisi, Clementino and Ricchi e Poveri are united not only by a strong relationship with faith, but also by The Voice Senior. All, in fact, have been part of the talent show as coach. In the first edition it was the turn of Al Bano and his daughter Jasmine Carrisi, replaced the following year by Orietta Berti.
The Ricchi e Poveri, on the other hand, arrive in the third edition, in place of Berti. In the end, Clementino has been present since the first year, together with Gigi D’Alessio and Loredana Bertè. A voice for Padre Pio 2023 treturns again on Sunday 2 July at 4 pm, again on Rai 1.
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