NBC News and Noticias Telemundo will carry the Pope Leo concert for peace live on July 29 at 1 p.m. ET, giving U.S. viewers access to Pope Leo XIV’s global Concert for Peace as it unfolds from Borgo Laudato Si’ in Castel Gandolfo. The broadcast is exclusive in English and Spanish, and it will also stream on NBC News NOW and Noticias Telemundo AHORA.
The concert will feature Andrea Bocelli and an interfaith choir of 200 children from conflict-affected regions around the world. Pope Leo XIV will deliver remarks during the event, which is being framed as a peace gathering while placing children from those regions at the center of the performance.
Borgo Laudato Si’ in Castel Gandolfo
The event will take place at Borgo Laudato Si’, part of the Pontifical Residence of Castel Gandolfo outside Rome. NBC News and Noticias Telemundo said the broadcast will include a rare tour of Borgo Laudato Si’ and its historic gardens, a detail that turns the concert into more than a single-stage performance. U.S. audiences watching live will see the setting as part of the event, not as a separate feature.
Tom Llamas and Julio Vaqueiro will anchor special coverage from Castel Gandolfo. Llamas and Vaqueiro will each have a special encounter with Pope Leo XIV, giving the broadcast a direct link to the papal presence rather than relying only on performance footage.
Andrea Bocelli and 200 children
Andrea Bocelli’s appearance gives the Concert for Peace a recognizable performance anchor, but the choir is the more unusual element. The 200 children come from conflict-affected regions around the world, which means the concert pairs a high-profile musical event with children whose home communities are already shaped by conflict. That mix is what makes the broadcast feel larger than a standard cultural special.
The concert also commemorates the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi. In practice, that places the broadcast inside a long historical frame while the live event itself remains tightly focused on music, remarks, and the setting in Castel Gandolfo.
NBC Nightly News and Rome
Excerpts from the encounters with Pope Leo XIV will air during special editions of NBC Nightly News and Noticias Telemundo live from Rome that evening. For viewers, the practical change is simple: the concert is not limited to a single feed, but will move across live coverage, streaming, and evening news programming on July 29.
The immediate next step is the live broadcast at 1 p.m. ET, when the concert, the interview with Bocelli, and the papal remarks are all scheduled to reach U.S. audiences at the same time.
