Pope Francis is set to visit an iconic movie studio in Rome as part of the four-day Jubilee of Artists and the World of Culture, which begins at the Vatican tomorrow. Source: Vatican News.
A press conference presenting the event took place on Wednesday in the Holy See Press Office.
Among the speakers were Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education; Italian senator Lucia Borgonzoni, under-secretary of state at the Ministry of Culture; and Lina Di Domenico, acting head of the Department of Prison Administration of the Ministry of Justice of the Italian Republic.
Representing the Vatican, Barbara Jatta, director of the Vatican Museums, offered a discourse, along with Cristiana Perrella, curator of the “Conciliazione 5” Space for the Holy Year 2025, and Raffaella Perna, curator of the exhibition “Global Visual Poetry: transnational trajectories in Visual Poetry.”
The first major event of this special Jubilee will be the opportunity for artists and those who are active in the world of culture to participate in a General Jubilee Audience, with Pope Francis, on Saturday morning.
Later that day, the Dicastery for Culture and Education, in collaboration with the Vatican Museum, will host an international meeting for museum directors and operators in the art and academic world and cultural institutions.
On Saturday, Cardinal Mendonca said, the Pope will preside over a Mass in St Peter’s Basilica in the morning, and later in the day, the artists will undertake a pilgrimage through the Holy Door of the Basilica.
On Monday morning, for the first time, a Pontiff will pay a visit to Rome’s iconic Cinecittà film studios.
During his visit, Pope Francis will meet visit a group of artists and protagonists of the world of culture in cooperation with the Italian Ministry of Culture and Cinecittà.
On Tuesday, an exhibition highlighting the 20th-century art of visual poetry will open at the dicastery.
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Jubilee of Artists set to begin in Vatican (By Deborah Castellano Lubov, Vatican News)
