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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

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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

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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

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Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV attends a Christmas concert conducted by Italian conductor Riccardo Muti who will be awarded with the Ratzinger prize, in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, on December 12, 2025. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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

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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

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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

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Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV attends a Christmas concert conducted by Italian conductor Riccardo Muti who will be awarded with the Ratzinger prize, in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, on December 12, 2025. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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

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Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV attends a Christmas concert conducted by Italian conductor Riccardo Muti who will be awarded with the Ratzinger prize, in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, on December 12, 2025. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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

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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

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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

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Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV and Italian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani (L) during a Christmas concert conducted by Italian conductor Riccardo Muti who will be awarded with the Ratzinger prize, in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, on December 12, 2025. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM In the photo Monsignor Georg Gaenswein

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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

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Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV attends a Christmas concert conducted by Italian conductor Riccardo Muti who will be awarded with the Ratzinger prize, in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, on December 12, 2025. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV attends a Christmas concert conducted by Italian conductor Riccardo Muti who will be awarded with the Ratzinger prize, in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, on December 12, 2025. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV attends a Christmas concert conducted by Italian conductor Riccardo Muti who will be awarded with the Ratzinger prize, in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, on December 12, 2025. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Christmas concert conducted by Italian conductor Riccardo Muti who will be awarded with the Ratzinger prize, in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, on December 12, 2025. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM In the photo, Cristina Mazzavillani (T), wife of Riccardo Muti

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Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV attends a Christmas concert conducted by Italian conductor Riccardo Muti who will be awarded with the Ratzinger prize, in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, on December 12, 2025. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/CPP/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

Italian conductor Riccardo Muti receives the 2025 ‘Ratzinger Prize’ from Pope Leo XIV,after he conducted the Cherubini’s ‘Mass for the Coronation of Charles X’ at a Christmas concert in the Paul VI Hall at The Vatican on December 12, 2025. The concert, held in honour of the Pope also marked the awarding of the 2025 Ratzinger Prize to the world-renowned conductor. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

In the presence of Pope Leo XIV, Maestro Riccardo Muti conducts Cherubini’s ‘Mass for the Coronation of Charles X’ at a Christmas concert in the Paul VI Hall at The Vatican on December 12, 2025. The concert, held in honour of the Pope also marked the awarding of the 2025 Ratzinger Prize to the world-renowned conductor. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

In the presence of Pope Leo XIV, Maestro Riccardo Muti conducts Cherubini’s ‘Mass for the Coronation of Charles X’ at a Christmas concert in the Paul VI Hall at The Vatican on December 12, 2025. The concert, held in honour of the Pope also marked the awarding of the 2025 Ratzinger Prize to the world-renowned conductor. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

In the presence of Pope Leo XIV, Maestro Riccardo Muti conducts Cherubini’s ‘Mass for the Coronation of Charles X’ at a Christmas concert in the Paul VI Hall at The Vatican on December 12, 2025. The concert, held in honour of the Pope also marked the awarding of the 2025 Ratzinger Prize to the world-renowned conductor. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

In the presence of Pope Leo XIV, Maestro Riccardo Muti conducts Cherubini’s ‘Mass for the Coronation of Charles X’ at a Christmas concert in the Paul VI Hall at The Vatican on December 12, 2025. The concert, held in honour of the Pope also marked the awarding of the 2025 Ratzinger Prize to the world-renowned conductor. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

In the presence of Pope Leo XIV, Maestro Riccardo Muti conducts Cherubini’s ‘Mass for the Coronation of Charles X’ at a Christmas concert in the Paul VI Hall at The Vatican on December 12, 2025. The concert, held in honour of the Pope also marked the awarding of the 2025 Ratzinger Prize to the world-renowned conductor. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

In the presence of Pope Leo XIV, Maestro Riccardo Muti conducts Cherubini’s ‘Mass for the Coronation of Charles X’ at a Christmas concert in the Paul VI Hall at The Vatican on December 12, 2025. The concert, held in honour of the Pope also marked the awarding of the 2025 Ratzinger Prize to the world-renowned conductor. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Riccardo Muti Conducts A Concert For Pope Leo XIV - Vatican

In the presence of Pope Leo XIV, Maestro Riccardo Muti conducts Cherubini’s ‘Mass for the Coronation of Charles X’ at a Christmas concert in the Paul VI Hall at The Vatican on December 12, 2025. The concert, held in honour of the Pope also marked the awarding of the 2025 Ratzinger Prize to the world-renowned conductor. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sotoo wins Ratzinger Prize

Japanese sculptor Etsuro Sotoo (C) is pictured after receiving the Ratzinger Prize for his work on the Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona, Spain, during a ceremony in Vatican City on Nov. 22, 2024.

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Sotoo wins Ratzinger Prize

Japanese sculptor Etsuro Sotoo delivers a speech as he receives the Ratzinger Prize for his work on the Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona, Spain, during a ceremony in Vatican City on Nov. 22, 2024.