Word: vaticanã
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Were they right to feel so flattered? In theory, the Vatican??s decision to extend the olive branch to the arts apparatchik couldn’t have been more admirable. Interactions between those who peg themselves as God’s messengers, and those more inclined to say with Diego Rivera that “I’ve never believed in God, but I believe in Picasso,” have historically been not-quite-ideal—to put it mildly. (Remember the Inquisition?) Benedict himself picked up on this, drawing on the language of motivational...
...terms of what matters to the Vatican??human rights, social justice issues—I don’t think anyone knows more than Mary Ann,” he said...
...first chapter, we’re in present day Manhattan. At a gala in the Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrating a “Treasures of the Vatican?? exhibit, four horsemen, swords and all, emerge from Central Park to nab one of the previously unseen artifacts...
...arced colonnades that enclose St. Peter’s Square seem like the twin mandibles of a great insect opening its jaws toward the city of Rome, inviting the citizenry into the mouth of Catholicism. Accepting their offer, I claimed a seat in the Vatican??s square alongside ten thousand devoted pilgrims and curious visitors, all hoping to catch a glimpse of Pope Benedict XVI, Catholicism’s holiest man and the modern world’s most potent religious leader...
...lobby of my hotel, and on street corners throughout Rome, I encountered posters with pictures of developing fetuses and boldly printed Italian slogans. Part of the Vatican??s campaign to discourage Italians from voting down a law that restricts in vitro fertilization practices and bans embryonic stem cell research, these posters and pamphlets distributed by the Church bore messages such as “Sulla vita non si vota,” or “Life can’t be put to a vote.” Responding to calls from Benedict and the College...