"Our proclamation of the Gospel the Pope continues must be perceived in its beauty and newness. For this reason, the ability to communicate through the language of images and symbols is fundamental. Our daily mission must reflect the beauty of God’s love to reach out to our contemporaries, who are always longing for an authentic beauty which is neither superficial nor ephemeral, but are often distracted by a cultural environment that is not always inclined to accept a beauty in full harmony with truth and goodness." The conclusive message of the recent Synod of Bishops, says Benedict XVI, "recalled the goodness and the efficacy of the «via pulchritudinis» that is to say, the path of beauty to understand and reach God." The same document also recalls John Paul II’s "Letter to the Artists." Hence the Holy Father’s invitation to "rediscover" this letter "which can enhance a new reflection on the art, on the artists’ creativity lived in the community of the faithful, and on the fruitful but difficult dialogue artists have with the Christian faith." ” ” ” ” ” ” ” “
