Overview

• The 34th edition at Stadio Gran Sasso d’Italia raised funds for Fondazione Bambino Gesù and Caritas Italiana’s Progetto Accoglienza e Cure umanitarie.
• Pope Leone XIV delivered a video appeal for peace, unity and solidarity with vulnerable children during the event.
• Senate President Ignazio La Russa and Pier Ferdinando Casini led the politicians’ squad, featuring ministers Giancarlo Giorgetti, Francesco Lollobrigida and Lorenzo Fontana.
• Nazionale Cantanti secured the victory with an 8-4 scoreline, and the politicians’ team received the runners-up trophy in high spirits.
• The absence of most center-left figures underscored political divisions over an event long seen as a symbol of bipartisan goodwill.