POPE FRANCIS ON BEAUTY

Beauty Awakens a Thirst for God

Pope Francis says the world needs beauty more than ever:

 Beauty awakens a thirst for God.

“Beauty can touch in everyone what is universal - especially the thirst for God - crossing the limits of language and culture,” said Pope Francis.

“An authentic artist is able to speak about God better than anyone else, to make people perceive His beauty and goodness, to ‘reach the human heart and make the truth and goodness of the Risen Lord shine in it.”

The pope met with a French Catholic group, Diaconie de la beauté(Diakonia of Beauty), which is dedicated to supporting artists and celebrating sacred art, architecture, poetry, and music.

“In the difficult current context that the world is experiencing, in which sadness and distress sometimes seem to have the upper hand, your mission is more necessary than ever, because beauty is always a source of joy, putting us in touch with divine goodness,” the pope said.

“If there is beauty, it is because God is good and he gives it to us. And this gives us joy, reassures us, does us good. Contact with beauty lifts us up, always, beauty makes us look beyond. By inspiring and sustaining faith, it is a way to go to the Lord.”

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