Sculptor Etsuro Sotoo becomes the first Japanese to be awarded the Ratzinger Prize by a Vatican City foundation for his work on the Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona, Spain.

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Cardinal Pietro Parolin addresses guests and awardees at the award-giving ceremony of the 2024 Ratzinger Prize and recalls Benedict XVI’s legacy that encourages us to face the challenges of our time with faith and hope. Read all

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Daniel Ibañez/CNA The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation awards the Ratzinger Prize to Notre Dame theologian Cyril O’Regan and Japanese sculptor Etsurō Sotoo at in a ceremony at the Vatican on Nov. 22, 204. Before the ceremony on Nov. 22, the prize recipients took part in a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Georg Gänswein in the Vatican crypts close to the tomb of Benedict XVI.

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Prestigious Ratzinger Prize Awarded to Notre Dame Theologian, Japanese Sculptor at Vatican

The Japanese artist who has been completing the great cathedral in Barcelona for more than forty years following in the footsteps of the master Antonio Gaudi, has been awarded the Ratzinger Prize 2024, the first Asian to receive this award. “As long as God and destiny allow it, I will stay here, sculpting, dreaming and working so that every corner of this temple reflects the divine light.”

L'artista giapponese che da più di quarant'anni a Barcellona sta portando a termine la grande cattedrale seguendo le orme del maestro Antonio Gaudì è stato insignito del Premio Ratzinger 2024, primo asiatico a ricevere questo riconoscimento. "Finché Dio e il destino lo permetteranno, resterò qui, scolpendo, sognando e lavorando affinché ogni angolo di questo tempio rifletta la luce divina".

ECCLESIA IN ASIA Lo scultore Sotoo: Sagrada Familia, dove la pietra si fa preghiera

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ECCLESIA IN ASIA The sculptor Sotoo: Sagrada Familia, where stone becomes prayer

On 22 November, the Irish theologian O’Regan and the Japanese sculptor Etsuro Sotoo will be awarded the Ratzinger Prize 2024. A recognition that highlights their progress both in the field of theology and religious art. This year is the second time these awards have been held in the absence of Pope Benedict XVI. “A theologian who knew how to open and nourish his own reflections and cultural dialogue jointly in many directions, because faith and …

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Daniel Ibañez/CNA   The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation awards the Ratzinger Prize to Notre Dame theologian Cyril O’Regan and Japanese sculptor Etsurō Sotoo at in a ceremony at the Vatican on Nov. 22, 204. Read the Whole Article at http://feeds.feedburner.com/NCRegisterDailyBlog?format=xmlThe post Prestigious Ratzinger Prize Awarded to Notre Dame Theologian, Japanese Sculptor at Vatican first appeared on Catholic Canada.The post…

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