The Pope recently met with artists at the Sistine Chapel to talk with them about their trade, especially in relation to the Church. He focused on a few aspects:
- Their work should be spiritual, because contemporary beauty was often “illusory and deceitful”
- He wanted to “renew the Church’s friendship with art
- Beauty … can become a path toward the transcendent, toward the ultimate Mystery, toward God
- “Faith takes nothing away from your genius or art. On the contrary, it exalts them and nourishes them.”
All incredible words of wisdom from a Pontiff who understands the relationship of art to the transcendent. Over 250 guests attended out of 500 or so invitations. Such notables as Andrea Bocelli, F. Murray Abraham, Ennio Morricone were present. Imagine getting invited!
I find it especially troubling how the Church that gave us such amazing medieval and Renaissance art, sculpture, and architecture, has to renew its friendship with art. Of course, I suspect that the friendship was broken, not by the Church, but by the modern and post-modern trends in art that attempt(ed) to elevate the human spirit beyond the need for God.
I want to pursue the relationship between the Church and the artistic tradition in more detail when I have free time. That the Pope has already renewed the conversation is timely.
Image by Jonathan Bennett from Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, Euclid, OH. To order prints or download high resolution images, click here
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