Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça highlights the power of art in healing and guiding individuals, including prisoners. He discusses the Vatican's contemporary art project in Rome's Rebibbia prison for the Holy Year 2025, where Pope Francis will open a Holy Door and see an installation titled 'Io Contengo Moltitudini' created by artist Marinella Senatore in collaboration with inmates.
Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, an award-winning poet, believes art can heal people, including prisoners, and can help them find the right path forward.Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, an award-winning poet, believes art can heal people, including prisoners, and can help them find the right path forward.
Titled,"Io Contengo Moltitudini" , the work is a structure more than 19 feet tall that resembles the baroque"luminaria," a tower supporting a bonfire or fireworks. Shooting out from the main structure are rays on which phrases about hope are written in a variety of languages and dialects. In collaboration with the Jubilee for Artists Feb. 15-18, the dicastery also is commissioning artists to create installations at other prisons in Italy and around the world.
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