Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV greets Riccardo Muti at the end of the concert. Maestro Riccardo Muti's concert with the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra and the "Guido Chigi Saracini" Siena Cathedral Choir in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican. On this occasion, Muti receives the prestigious "Ratzinger Prize," established in 2011 and awarded annually, with the Pope's approval, to eminent figures in the fields of Christian culture and art, on December 12, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Riccardo Muti thanks the Pope at the end of the concert. Maestro Riccardo Muti with the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra and the "Guido Chigi Saracini" Siena Cathedral Choir in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. On this occasion, Muti receives the prestigious "Ratzinger Prize," established in 2011 and awarded annually, with the Pope's approval, to eminent figures in the fields of Christian culture and art, on December 12, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Riccardo Muti greets and receives the Ratzinger Prize from Pope Leo XIV. Pope Leo XIV listens to Maestro Riccardo Muti's concert with the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra and the "Guido Chigi Saracini" Siena Cathedral Choir in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. On this occasion, Muti receives the prestigious "Ratzinger Prize," established in 2011 and awarded annually, with the Pope's approval, to eminent figures in the fields of Christian culture and art, on December 12, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Riccardo Muti greets and receives the Ratzinger Prize from Pope Leo XIV. Pope Leo XIV listens to Maestro Riccardo Muti's concert with the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra and the "Guido Chigi Saracini" Siena Cathedral Choir in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. On this occasion, Muti receives the prestigious "Ratzinger Prize," established in 2011 and awarded annually, with the Pope's approval, to eminent figures in the fields of Christian culture and art, on December 12, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV greets Riccardo Muti at the end of the concert. Maestro Riccardo Muti's concert with the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra and the "Guido Chigi Saracini" Siena Cathedral Choir in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican. On this occasion, Muti receives the prestigious "Ratzinger Prize," established in 2011 and awarded annually, with the Pope's approval, to eminent figures in the fields of Christian culture and art, on December 12, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Riccardo Muti thanks the Pope at the end of the concert. Maestro Riccardo Muti with the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra and the "Guido Chigi Saracini" Siena Cathedral Choir in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. On this occasion, Muti receives the prestigious "Ratzinger Prize," established in 2011 and awarded annually, with the Pope's approval, to eminent figures in the fields of Christian culture and art, on December 12, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Maestro Riccardo Muti with the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra and the "Guido Chigi Saracini" Siena Cathedral Choir in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. On this occasion, Muti will receive the prestigious "Ratzinger Prize," established in 2011 and awarded annually, with the Pope's approval, to eminent figures in the fields of Christian culture and art, on December 12, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Riccardo Muti greets and receives the Ratzinger Prize from Pope Leo XIV. Pope Leo XIV listens to Maestro Riccardo Muti's concert with the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra and the "Guido Chigi Saracini" Siena Cathedral Choir in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. On this occasion, Muti receives the prestigious "Ratzinger Prize," established in 2011 and awarded annually, with the Pope's approval, to eminent figures in the fields of Christian culture and art, on December 12, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV greets Riccardo Muti at the end of the concert. Maestro Riccardo Muti's concert with the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra and the "Guido Chigi Saracini" Siena Cathedral Choir in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican. On this occasion, Muti receives the prestigious "Ratzinger Prize," established in 2011 and awarded annually, with the Pope's approval, to eminent figures in the fields of Christian culture and art, on December 12, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Riccardo Muti greets and receives the Ratzinger Prize from Pope Leo XIV. Pope Leo XIV listens to Maestro Riccardo Muti's concert with the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra and the "Guido Chigi Saracini" Siena Cathedral Choir in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. On this occasion, Muti receives the prestigious "Ratzinger Prize," established in 2011 and awarded annually, with the Pope's approval, to eminent figures in the fields of Christian culture and art, on December 12, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV listens to a concert by Maestro Riccardo Muti with the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra and the "Guido Chigi Saracini" Siena Cathedral Choir in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. On this occasion, Muti receives the prestigious "Ratzinger Prize," established in 2011 and awarded annually, with the Pope's approval, to eminent figures in the fields of Christian culture and art, on December 12, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Event hosted by eminent persons' group in New York

Event hosted by eminent persons' group in New York

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (far R) speaks during a public event hosted by the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 28, 2025.

Nuclear disarmament forum in Tokyo

Nuclear disarmament forum in Tokyo

Takashi Shiraishi (C), former chancellor of the Prefectural University of Kumamoto, who chaired a meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons, speaks in Tokyo on March 31, 2025.

Nuclear disarmament forum in Tokyo

Nuclear disarmament forum in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (4th from R, front row), Takashi Shiraishi (4th from L, front row), former chancellor of the Prefectural University of Kumamoto, who chaired a meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons, and its members pose for a photo at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 31, 2025.

Nuclear disarmament forum in Tokyo

Nuclear disarmament forum in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (far R) meets with Takashi Shiraishi (2nd from R, front row), former chancellor of the Prefectural University of Kumamoto, who chaired a meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons, and its members at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 31, 2025.

International anti-nuke meeting in Tokyo

International anti-nuke meeting in Tokyo

The International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons holds a meeting in Tokyo on March 30, 2025.

International anti-nuke meeting in Tokyo

International anti-nuke meeting in Tokyo

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres delivers a video message to a meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons in Tokyo on March 30, 2025.

International anti-nuke meeting in Tokyo

International anti-nuke meeting in Tokyo

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya speaks during a meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons in Tokyo on March 30, 2025.

Pope Francis Receives Fra' John Timothy Dunlap - Vatican

Pope Francis Receives Fra' John Timothy Dunlap - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience His Most Eminent Highness Friar John T. Dunlap, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in The Vatican, on June 27, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Receives Fra' John Timothy Dunlap - Vatican

Pope Francis Receives Fra' John Timothy Dunlap - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience His Most Eminent Highness Friar John T. Dunlap, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in The Vatican, on June 27, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Receives Fra' John Timothy Dunlap - Vatican

Pope Francis Receives Fra' John Timothy Dunlap - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience His Most Eminent Highness Friar John T. Dunlap, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in The Vatican, on June 27, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Receives Fra' John Timothy Dunlap - Vatican

Pope Francis Receives Fra' John Timothy Dunlap - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience His Most Eminent Highness Friar John T. Dunlap, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in The Vatican, on June 27, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Receives Fra' John Timothy Dunlap - Vatican

Pope Francis Receives Fra' John Timothy Dunlap - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience His Most Eminent Highness Friar John T. Dunlap, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in The Vatican, on June 27, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Receives Fra' John Timothy Dunlap - Vatican

Pope Francis Receives Fra' John Timothy Dunlap - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience His Most Eminent Highness Friar John T. Dunlap, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in The Vatican, on June 27, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

International anti-nuke meeting in Japan

International anti-nuke meeting in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (far R) delivers a speech during a meeting with members of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 22, 2024. The group, set up under the initiative of Kishida, a lawmaker from a constituency in Hiroshima who has pushed his vision of a nuclear-free world since becoming prime minister in 2021, held its fourth meeting the day before in Yokohama near Tokyo.

International anti-nuke meeting in Yokohama

International anti-nuke meeting in Yokohama

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa delivers a video message to the fourth meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons in Yokohama near Tokyo on May 21, 2024.

International anti-nuke meeting in Yokohama

International anti-nuke meeting in Yokohama

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa delivers a video message to the fourth meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons in Yokohama near Tokyo on May 21, 2024.

International anti-nuke meeting in Yokohama

International anti-nuke meeting in Yokohama

The fourth meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons is held in Yokohama near Tokyo on May 21, 2024.

Pope Francis Receives Bishops - Vatican

Pope Francis Receives Bishops - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Most Eminent Card. Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, Patriarch of Lisboa at the Vatican on February 29, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media /Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Receives Bishops - Vatican

Pope Francis Receives Bishops - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Most Eminent Card. Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, Patriarch of Lisboa at the Vatican on February 29, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media /Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Receives Bishops - Vatican

Pope Francis Receives Bishops - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Most Eminent Card. Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, Patriarch of Lisboa at the Vatican on February 29, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media /Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Receives Bishops - Vatican

Pope Francis Receives Bishops - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Most Eminent Card. Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, Patriarch of Lisboa at the Vatican on February 29, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media /Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Receives Bishops - Vatican

Pope Francis Receives Bishops - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Most Eminent Card. Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, Patriarch of Lisboa at the Vatican on February 29, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media /Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Receives Bishops - Vatican

Pope Francis Receives Bishops - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Most Eminent Card. Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, Patriarch of Lisboa at the Vatican on February 29, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media /Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Receives Bishops - Vatican

Pope Francis Receives Bishops - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Most Eminent Card. Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, Patriarch of Lisboa at the Vatican on February 29, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media /Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Receives Bishops - Vatican

Pope Francis Receives Bishops - Vatican

Pope Francis receives in private audience Most Eminent Card. Rui Manuel Sousa Valério, Patriarch of Lisboa at the Vatican on February 29, 2024. Photo by Vatican Media /Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

International anti-nuke meeting in Nagasaki

International anti-nuke meeting in Nagasaki

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry (on screen) delivers a video message at the third meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 9, 2023.

International anti-nuke meeting in Nagasaki

International anti-nuke meeting in Nagasaki

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry (on screen) delivers a video message at the third meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 9, 2023.

International anti-nuke meeting in Nagasaki

International anti-nuke meeting in Nagasaki

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at the closing session of the third meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 9, 2023.

International anti-nuke meeting in Nagasaki

International anti-nuke meeting in Nagasaki

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at the third meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 9, 2023.

International anti-nuke meeting in Nagasaki

International anti-nuke meeting in Nagasaki

Participants of the third meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons visit the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 8, 2023.

International anti-nuke meeting in Nagasaki

International anti-nuke meeting in Nagasaki

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) heads to the venue of the third meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 9, 2023.

International anti-nuke meeting in Nagasaki

International anti-nuke meeting in Nagasaki

Attendees (R) of the third meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons hold talks with atomic bomb survivors in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 8, 2023, as the two-day meeting opens in the atomic-bombed city.

International anti-nuke meeting in Nagasaki

International anti-nuke meeting in Nagasaki

Attendees take part in a photo session in front of the Peace Statue at Peace Park in the atomic-bombed city of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 8, 2023, as the third meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons opens for a two-day run.

International anti-nuke meeting in Nagasaki

International anti-nuke meeting in Nagasaki

The third meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons opens in the atomic-bombed city of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 8, 2023, for a two-day run.

CHINA-BEIJING-HAN ZHENG-U.S. REPRESENTATIVES-MEETING (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-HAN ZHENG-U.S. REPRESENTATIVES-MEETING (CN)

(231012) -- BEIJING, Oct. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Han Zheng meets with the U.S. representatives who are in Beijing to attend the fifth meeting of the China-U.S. Eminent Persons Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 12, 2023. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

CHINA-BEIJING-HAN ZHENG-U.S. REPRESENTATIVES-MEETING (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-HAN ZHENG-U.S. REPRESENTATIVES-MEETING (CN)

(231012) -- BEIJING, Oct. 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Han Zheng meets with the U.S. representatives who are in Beijing to attend the fifth meeting of the China-U.S. Eminent Persons Forum in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 12, 2023. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

Art exhibition on Malaysia's cultural heritage tightens ties with China

STORY: Art exhibition on Malaysia's cultural heritage tightens ties with China DATELINE: July 12, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:04 LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the art exhibition 2. various of Malaysian artist Teh Chin Boon's artwork titled "Happiness" 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TEH CHIN BOON, Malaysian artist 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZHANG JIEXIN, Director of China Cultural Center 5. various of the public visiting the art exhibition 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): AMERRUDIN BIN AHMAD, Director General of the National Art Gallery of Malaysia STORYLINE: The art exhibition titled "Integration and Diversity, Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Malaysian Figure Paintings of Eminent Artists" showcasing Malaysia's unique cultural heritage launched on Tuesday at the China Cultural Center in Kuala Lumpur. Promoting cultural exchanges and fostering better people-to-people ties motivated Malaysian artist Teh Chin Boon to create "Happiness", a close up of a woman holding a Baba-Nyonya porcelain

MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-CULTURAL HERITAGE-ART EXHIBITION

MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-CULTURAL HERITAGE-ART EXHIBITION

(230712) -- KUALA LUMPUR, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor takes photos with her mobile phone at the "Integration and Diversity" Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Malaysian Figure Paintings of Eminent Artists at the China Cultural Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 11, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Art exhibition on Malaysia's cultural heritage tightens ties with China" (Xinhua/Cheng Yiheng)

MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-CULTURAL HERITAGE-ART EXHIBITION

MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-CULTURAL HERITAGE-ART EXHIBITION

(230712) -- KUALA LUMPUR, July 12, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor takes photos with her mobile phone at the "Integration and Diversity" Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Malaysian Figure Paintings of Eminent Artists at the China Cultural Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 11, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Art exhibition on Malaysia's cultural heritage tightens ties with China" (Xinhua/Cheng Yiheng)