Pope Francis addressed creatives during a special event at the Sistine Chapel on 23 June 2023
Pope Francis addressing artists and creatives in the Sistine Chapel
‘Artists take seriously the richness of human existence, of our lives and the life of the world, including its contradictions and its tragic aspects,’ said Pope Francis. ‘This richness risks disappearing from the view of the many specialised disciplines that respond to immediate needs, but find it difficult to view life as a polyhedron, a complex and multifaceted reality. Artists remind us that the dimension in which we move, even unconsciously, is always that of the Spirit.
He describes the relationship between the Catholic Church and the arts as ‘a special friendship’, nodding to the history of patronage that has seen the Vatican work with artists on a regular, collaborative basis – as the Sistine Chapel itself testifies, its frescoes created by a team of Renaissance artists including Michelangelo, Botticelli, Perugino and more.
This new address by Pope Francis aims at strengthening the Vatican’s commitment to the arts, and to urge creatives to act as catalysts for changes in society, stressing that their contributions are essential to defend human life and the poor. ‘They have no voice to make themselves heard,’ he says. ‘You can choose to become the interpreters of their silent plea.’‘Openness and newness. That is what you bring, as artists, by cultivating your own originality.
Other creatives took to their social media channels to express their sentiment about being present at the unprecedented address. ‘It was a humbling and inspiring life moment for me,’ wrote American artist and designer Daniel Arsham. ‘Although I am not and have never been religious, I felt alive. Art is a way to see the unseen, to reveal things just below our everyday consciousness, and artists are that vehicle.
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