Sanremo (Imperia), 12 Feb (LaPresse) – ‘The Pope's message broadcast without his knowledge and months old? We are at science fiction, we are beyond’. Thus Carlo Conti at a press conference at the Ariston a few hours before the second evening of the Sanremo Festival. ‘Remember the pitch invasions in football? When they stopped filming them they also stopped doing them. Here, when there is an event like that you always look for enlightenment by doing invasions,' Conti said. 'I managed to keep this video under wraps. Last May I had presented this event for Children's Day with the Holy Father, and the Pontiff told me if one day I can do something to thank you, tell me what I can do for you. On 12 January I sent a letter to the Holy Father, after I heard about the performance of Imagine by Noa and Mira Awad, and a few days later, exactly 1 February, the video arrived. I was silent and no one knew. I sent the video yesterday afternoon to the director,' said the artistic director.