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VATICAN CITY—Pope Benedict XVI addressed artists, actors and musicians in the splendor of the Sistine Chapel on Saturday to renew the Catholic church’s friendship with the world of art and remind them they were “custodians of beauty in the world.” “Through your art, you yourselves are to be heralds and witnesses of hope for humanity,” he said. director The mainly Italian audience included such leading names as Oscar-winning Giuseppe Tornatore, singer Andrea Bocelli and ballet dancer Carla Fracci. Benedict noted the history of the Sistine Chapel as the location where cardinals assemble to elect popes and where “I myself … experienced the privileged moment of my election as successor of the Apostle Peter.” “Let us allow these frescoes to speak to us today,” he said, referring to Michelangelo’s The Last Judgement. The pope said the church’s friendship with the art world has been strengthened over time but must be “continually promoted and supported.”
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