‘You Raise Me Up’, the modern classic written by Ireland’s Brendan Graham and Rolf Lovland, was performed by Irish tenor Anthony Kearns for the Pope in Philadelphia on Sunday.
The song was performed to an estimated audience between 800,000 and 1million people. Kearns' performance was also watched by millions via TV streaming around the world. Anthony was the last act to appear prior to the Papal Mass.
Hot Press has established that this is the second occasion this year that ‘You Raise Me Up’ was performed for the Pope. In January, at the Santo Tomas University in Manila, it was performed for Pope Francis by Angeline Quinto  to hundreds of thousands.

In what has been another extraordinary year for landmark performances of the song, it was also delivered by Hayley Westenra as a tribute to Christchurch and its people at Opening Ceremony of Cricket World Cup in February.
Head here to view a HD version of the performance.
Here’s a selection of the big events and campaigns, so far during 2015, in which the song has been featured...
USA - Pope Frances in Philadelphia
Ireland - Prince Charles - State Visit to Ireland
Korea - Korea Organ Donor Association, promo video
Philippines - Pope Francis visit to Manila
UAE - Global Education and Skills Forum - Opening Ceremony - Dubai
UK - Labour Party Spring Conference - Opening Ceremony, Birmingham
USA - Inauguration Speech, Greg Abbott - Governor of Texas
USA - Paul Newman Tribute (Tom Hanks/Meryl Streep etc) for SeriousFun Children's Network - NYC
New Zealand - World Cricket Championship - Opening Ceremony, Auckland
Singapore - Southeast Asian Games - Opening Ceremony