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Bono to meet the Pope in effort to merge faith and the arts

By
ANTOINETTE KELLY,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Sunday, September 27, 2009, 11:04 AM
Updated Sunday, September 27, 2009, 11:19 AM

 

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Bono is set to meet Pope Benedict XVI
Bono is set to meet Pope Benedict XVI

Bono is set to meet Pope Benedict XVI this November.

The U2 frontman and humanitarian has been chosen along with over 500 other artists to meet with the Holy Father at the Vatican.

Bono famously bonded with Pope John Paul II during a 2005 meeting when the U2 frontman placed signature sunglasses on the Catholic leader.

Ireland’s favorite rocker declared the previous Pope “the best front man the Roman Catholic Church ever had.”

Now the singer will get to gauge if Pope Benedict has taken over the title when he meets with him in the Sistine Chapel on November 21.

Bono will visit the Pope as part of a mission to strengthen the relationship between spirituality and art.

Other prominent figures in the worlds of theatre, literature and music will join the rock star, including Italian film score composer Ennio Morricone, theatre director Bob Wilson and architect Daniel Libeskind.

President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, said the artists were selected based on their reputation and the awards they’ve received. Clearly Bono, who’s founded numerous African charities, was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and named Time’s Person of the Year, was an obvious choice.

The archbishop went on to say that the milestone meeting will be the first of many in the Church’s goal of bridging the gap between faith and artistic expression.

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Posted by goceltics on Jun 11, 2010, 12:47 PM EDT
This is why the church has lasted over 2,000 years and why it will last another 2,000 or until the world's end. During the dark ages, a historical 'day of destruction', she was creating the university system and helping Europe make advances in agriculture and science. Why should it stop? And "churches closing down all around the place" depends on where you live I guess. In Colorado, US, it's thriving. New Church being built in my home town. Preserve us from eejits who would suggest the Church do otherwise!
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Posted by battlefront on Apr 13, 2010, 04:42 PM EDT
I agree with" kickstar" I think Bono has a God complex and this why he is always mouthing off about things that he knows nothing about. Preserve us from eejits is right
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Posted by Madeleine on Mar 01, 2010, 09:01 PM EST
Yes Christisall, I understand that but if you are going to put Bono in the company o people who have won the Nobel Peace prise you wind up with a bunch of liars communists and murdererss, is that how they judge who talks to the Pope? Arafat killed thousands, just because he stopped for a while does not entitle him to a peace prize, Al Gore the liar and the UN both won, enough said. I fthe Papal community judges who is worthy by the Nobel Peace Prize then we are all in trouble.
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Posted by Christisall on Feb 08, 2010, 02:21 PM EST
To answer Madeleine, it has much to do with it. It is so often through music that peace is obtained. Remember that the angels sing, make music, accopany God with sone! Good music is peace.
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Posted by Madeleine on Jan 24, 2010, 04:04 AM EST
In this day of destruction doesn't the pope have anything more pressing to do, especially with the churches closing down all around the place. The faith and the arts? what is that? What has that got to do with anything?
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Posted by kickstar on Dec 16, 2009, 09:08 AM EST
Yeah it's what the World really needs now Actually it's the most important thing on the planet "a mission to strengthen the relationship between spirituality and art".The Lord preserve us from eejits.
 


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