The president of the Pontifical Academy of Theology (Path), Bishop Antonio Staglianò – recently appointed rector of the Basilica of Santa Maria di Montesanto, the “Church of the Artists” of Rome – has settled a committee that will have the task of organize a “sapiential and solidarity” cultural project aimed at everyone and in particular to young people, through the linguistic registers of the imagination and the arts.
As he explained in his wide introduction, «The church of the artists was made available by Pope Francis especially for the two new faces of the Path, the wisdom and the solidarity one, Because the Church of the Artists become as a “central of wisdom and charity” ». With this the Pope wishes to give concreteness to that “theology that knows of flesh and people on which he insisted on To Theologiam PromoVendamthe apostolic letter of 1 November 2023, which approved the new statutes of the theological academy. «The basic idea – explains Msgr. Staglianò – is to know how to produce a “sapiential theology” that speaks to the heart of ordinary people, educating the conscience of believers to practice Christian faith in works of body charity and manifests the intimate nature “solidarity” of Christianity “.
This “sapiential and solidarity cultural project” can be achieved “Walking together also with non -believing artists,” added Staglianò stressing that “the language of art – and therefore the artist’s language – is always” poetic “, lives the sublime, goes beyond appearances, because it digs deeply and always evokes the mystery, calling into question the invisible. It has to do with the “light” which, as a background, allows you to see the colors but is not worthy of a look. Now Christian wisdom preaches the event of the incarnation, presents Jesus in the world as a “light” that shows all things and not instead as “Bagliore that blinds”. Faith is a Christianity of light has repeatedly said Pope Francis. The humanity of every man and every woman is the beauty that will save the world. The artists – creative in beauty – will have to operate by questioning “what beauty will save the world and humanity” “.
At the same time, the Board of Directors of the Church of the Artists Which will manage all the resources in the name of the “Charity of the Pope”, enhancing the groups that already work in works of charity and belong to the large family of the Path Solidale. After the Jubilee of the artists, who will take place in mid -February, the Committee will present a project “Artists in Jubilee” throughout the Holy Year.
