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Pope Francis welcomes avant-garde artists to Vatican: 'You criticize today’s false myths and new idols, its empty talk, the ploys of consumerism, the schemes of power'
Summary by Ground News
Pope Francis welcomes 200 artists, filmmakers and writers into the Sistine Chapel. The audience is to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vatican Museums’ contemporary art collection. Pope Paul VI first invited artists into the chapel in 1964. In recent years, the Vatican has sought to relaunch its engagement with contemporary culture.