Papal reflection on art and its role during pandemic (Vatican Press Office)

On December 12, Pope Francis addressed the artists taking part in the Vatican Christmas concert. “The crisis has made even denser the dark clouds over a closed world, and this might seem to obscure the light of the divine, the eternal,” the Pontiff said. “Let us not yield to that illusion, but seek the light of Christmas, which dispels the darkness of sorrow and pain.”