ANDY WARHOL THE GOOD CATHOLIC WOULD BE HAPPY

Under Pope Benedict XVI, the Holy See is seeking to revive its cultural role, with plans to mount its own pavilion at the 2011 Venice Bienniale – the premiere international contemporary art festival – and start a “dialogue” with contemporary artists that hasn’t existed for decades. “We are reminded of the urgent need for a renewed dialogue between aesthetics and ethics, between beauty, truth and goodness not only by contemporary cultural and artistic debate, but also by daily reality,” said Pope Benedict XVI, in a November message to pontifical academies.