a pope.
on an ipad.
pushing a button
to launch a vatican media website.
then 'tweeted' about it.
then 'tweeted' about it.
über cool.
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everything you could want to know about what is going on in the Roman Catholic world.
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check out this little beauty especially on art + the church...go to this link and push the button at the end of the article to hear the mp3.
Sixty works of art are currently on show in the Vatican to mark the sixtieth anniversary of Benedict XVI’s ordination to the priesthood.
An exhibition by the title of "Splendour of Truth , Beauty in Charity “ fittingly located in a place, the Paul VI Audience Hall, named after the 20th century pope who famously renewed the friendship between the Church and art after many centuries on the 7th May 1964 . A celebration which took place in that cenacle of art and artists : the Sistine Chapel .
A friendship, continued by Blessed John Paul II and renewed once again by our present pope in that very same place in November 2009.
And when the Holy Father Benedict inaugurated the current exhibition in the heart of the Vatican on Monday July 4th, thanks to the Pontifical Council for Culture headed by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi , he began by recalling that 2009 November gathering of artists in the Sistine pointing to the role art has in modern society at a cultural level , in terms of eloquence and fruitful dialogue.
Picking up on this theme of "the Church and Art ", Veronica Scarisbrick goes back even further in time and places the current exhibition in the Paul VI Audience Hall into context.
Join her as she takes us back to that day on May 7th 1964 when while the Second Vatican Council was in full swing Paul VI set the ball rolling in the field of art …
In this feature she’s put together you can hear the voice of Paul VI on that occasion and also to the comments of two guests: an American Cardinal who was a personal friend of Paul VI and an English Monsignor formerly an official from the Pontifical Council for Culture .
Listen: 00:09:21:98
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