Pope Francis Welcomes Artists—Including Andres Serrano of ‘Piss Christ’ Fame—in a Ceremony Celebrating the Vatican’s Contemporary Art CollectionCommemorating 50 years of the Vatican Museums' Modern and Contemporary Art Collection, Pope Francis meets artists in Sistine Chapel. Courtesy Vatican Media.
While Francis noted that some of the artists present are confrontational in their work in order to provoke people to think, he opined that their aim was to achieve harmony and beauty. The beauty of art inspires a desire for God, he said, and renders glory to him.
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