American star Franc d'Ambrosio lends support to Padre Pio foundation

Franc d'Ambrosio

The American singer and actor Franc d'Ambrosio is the latest Hollywood artist to become a Goodwill Ambassador for the Saint Pio Foundation.

Funds raised by the Foundation are used to establish Catholic medical facilities, medical schools and shrines in America, and to support the Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza hospital in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, founded by Saint Pio in 1956, and currently owned by the Holy See.

Franc is joining the Goodwill Ambassador Team, together with the Hollywood actor Joe Mantegna and singer and composer Lee Curreri.

Franc is best known for his portrayal of the 'Phantom' in the Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award winning musical, The Phantom of The Opera, for which he was awarded the distinction as the 'World's Longest Running Phantom ', having performed it for more than 2300 times in a decade.

He is perhaps also known worldwide for being the actor and singer who played Anthony Corleone, the opera singing son of Al Pacino and Diane Keaton in Coppola's Godfather III, where he sang the Academy Award winning theme song, 'Speak Softly Love' (Brucia la Terra). D’Ambrosio’s performances of the theme song have garnered over one million hits on YouTube.

For more information, please visit www.saintpiofoundation.org

See also: ICN Sunday December 7 2014 - Hollywood star announces plan to make film on St Padre Pio -

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