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| Image of priests on tour at the Vatican courtesy of Ardia |
Wednesday, 8 August 2012
Vatican Assigns Priests to Help Visitors Find God During Museum Tours
Posted on 16:03 by john mical
THE GEORGIA BULLETIN
VATICAN CITY---The Catholic Church teaches that beauty can be a path to God, and in an attempt to make that path easier for visitors to follow, the Vatican Museums have assigned two priests to guide the searching. Or just to talk. "Art and faith: A priest for you," says the sign on the table where a priest from Togo and another from Nigeria took up their posts Aug. 1 on an experimental basis. Bishop Giuseppe Sciacca, general secretary of the Vatican governor's office, told Catholic News Service July 30, "Especially as the Year of Faith is about to begin, it seemed opportune to take this pastoral initiative." [link]
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