{"id":56416,"date":"2025-04-23T13:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T17:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/?p=56416"},"modified":"2025-04-23T13:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T17:05:12","slug":"pope-francis-defender-of-the-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2025\/04\/pope-francis-defender-of-the-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis: Defender of the Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_56417\" style=\"width: 282px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pope_Francis_at_Joint_Base_Andrews.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56417\" class=\"wp-image-56417\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pope_Francis_at_Joint_Base_Andrews-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Francis looking out the window of a car.\" width=\"272\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pope_Francis_at_Joint_Base_Andrews-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pope_Francis_at_Joint_Base_Andrews.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pope Francis (1936 &#8211; 2025)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On Monday, the world mourned the loss of Pope Francis, who served as head of the Catholic Church for over twelve years. As the spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics, Pope Francis was an incredibly powerful voice for the causes he championed. His commitment to social justice, the environment, and marginalized communities was unwavering, always echoing the values of empathy, mercy, and humility. His advocacy for the arts, not only within the Vatican but globally, was a testament to his belief in the power of culture to foster understanding and peace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">While the Vatican has been involved in the contemporary arts since the 1970s, Francis\u2019s pontificate saw the papacy double down on its commitment to living artists. He facilitated the greater inclusion of modernist contemporary art in the Vatican Museums, including <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theartnewspaper.com\/2021\/11\/09\/vatican-opens-contemporary-art-gallery-in-15th-century-library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">opening the contemporary art gallery at the Vatican Apostolic Library<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Furthermore, in 2013, the first year of Francis\u2019s papacy, Vatican City opened a pavilion at the Venice Biennale for the first time. The Pope <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2024\/04\/pope-visits-the-venice-biennale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">visited the exhibition last year<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, marking the first time the event has received a papal visit. Importantly, he spoke of art\u2019s importance and how it is necessary for art to be accessible. He said in an interview that art \u201cmust be alive<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201d,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> and that Vatican Museums cannot be \u201cdusty repositories of the past reserved for the select few\u2026 but a vital [institution] which looks after the objects in its care to tell their stories to people today, starting from the most disadvantaged of its visitors.\u201d He further described the use of art in cross-cultural exchange as \u201can instrument for peace\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As an advocate for marginalized people, Pope Francis was a constant supporter of the repatriation of art and artifacts stolen during colonial exploits. During a visit to Canada, he officially apologized for the Catholic clergy\u2019s abuse of Indigenous children at religious schools. The Pope also acknowledged that the Vatican Museums <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/vatican-restitution-indigenous-parthenon-0e486d653bcac89f94854430ce29faf0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">contain art and other cultural objects stolen from Canada\u2019s First Nations<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, promising <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">they would be returned<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to the land of their origin. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In a similar vein<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, he facilitated <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2023\/mar\/24\/pope-francis-returns-three-fragments-of-parthenon-to-greece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">the return of several statuary fragments <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">to Greece<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> that had once been part of the Parthenon.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Perhaps the British should take notic<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">e\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pope Francis invited artists to the Vatican <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2023\/06\/pope-francis-addresses-the-art-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">to discuss the importance of their work<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. He stated, \u201cLike the biblical prophets, you confront things that <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">at times are<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> uncomfortable; you criticize today\u2019s false myths and new idols, its empty talk, the ploys of consumerism, the schemes of power.\u201d The late Pope also did not shy away from controversial works of art that made bold statements or commented on uncomfortable subjects. Most notably, in 2023, he invited Andres Serrano, creator of the 1987 photograph <\/span><em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/474x\/fe\/15\/31\/fe1531b24a15cd12522bf236ad7d4cc1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Piss Christ<\/span><\/a><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, to a Sistine Chapel address. Serrano had been criticized, with his work decried as blasphemous.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">With freedom of speech in danger in many parts of the world, the papacy has often stood as a defender of artists in recent decades. Some predict that, with the upcoming conclave, the Church may swing away from the relative liberalism of Francis <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/religion\/409779\/next-pope-francis-candidates-death-conclave-region-politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">towards a more traditionalist direction<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. However, for the sake of the arts and freedom of expression, the College of Cardinals keeping a hardliner out of the Throne of Saint Peter might be in everyone\u2019s best interest. But regardless, <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pope Francis will be dearly missed<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, the world mourned the loss of Pope Francis, who served as head of the Catholic Church for over twelve years. 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