Cardinal Mendonça delivers pope’s message to artists: Be witnesses to ‘revolutionary vision of the Beatitudes’
Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça delivers Pope Francis’s homily at a Mass for the Jubilee of Artists in St. Peter’s Basilica, Feb. 16, 2025 / Screenshot / Vatican Media CNA Newsroom, Feb 16, 2025 / 04:59 am (CNA).
Powerful proclamations to painters, poets, and performers highlighted Pope Francis’s message to artists on Sunday, calling them to participate in the “revolutionary vision of the Beatitudes” and transform suffering into Hope.
In a papal homily read by Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça at a Mass for the Jubilee of Artists in St. Peter’s Basilica on Feb. 16, artists were urged to be “witnesses to the revolutionary vision of the Beatitudes.”
“Your mission is not only to create beauty, but to reveal the truth, goodness and beauty hidden within the folds of history, to give voice to the voiceless, to transform pain into hope,” the pope’s message stated.
The prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education delivered the homily as Pope Francis remains at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he is recovering from a respiratory infection.
Drawing on the day’s Gospel reading of the Beatitudes, the papal message emphasized that authentic art must engage with “the drama of human existence” rather than offering superficial comfort.
“We live in a time when new walls are being erected, when differences become a pretext for division rather than an opportunity for mutual enrichment,” the homily noted, calling artists and cultural figures to “build bridges, create spaces for encounter and dialogue, enlighten minds and warm hearts.”
The homily concluded with a reminder that artistic gifts are not random but represent a calling: “Hope is not an illusion; beauty is not a utopia; your gift is not chance, it is a vocation. Respond with generosity, with passion, with love.”
Source: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/262247/pope-francis-calls-artists-to-witness-revolutionary-vision-of-the-beatitudes-in-homily-for-jubilee
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