"In order to communicate the message entrusted
to her by Christ, the Church needs art. Art must make perceptible,
and as far as possible attractive, the world of the spirit, of the
invisible, of God. It must therefore translate into meaningful terms
that which is in itself ineffable. Art has a unique capacity to take
one or other facet of the message and translate it into colours, shapes
and sounds which nourish the intuition of those who look or listen."
Pope
John Paul II Letter to Artists, 1999
