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Theselectionofpaintingsdecoratingthewallsofhis
officeiscircumspectandsymbolic.Alongexquisite,inmany
instancescenturies-oldreproductionsofworksofmastersof
the
Renaissance:
Raphael
Santi,
Donato
Bramante
and
Michelangelo,aswellasAlbrechtDürerandRobertCampin(he
wouldsaythatitdidnotseempropertolimithimselfto
Italianpainters),archbishopLuckawouldalsoincludemodern
art.
I
remember
my
first
audience
in
his
office.
HenoticedhowsurprisedIwastoseereproductionsofJackson
Pollock’sartandhelaughedoutloud.
‘ThefactthatIwearaclericalcollardoesnotmean
thatIamnotinterestedinlifeoutsidetheChurch,’hesaid.
‘AndinartitselfIseesomesacredness,adivineelement.
Thesameoneinallages,justexpressedbydifferentmeans,a
differentartisticcode…’
Wechattedabitaboutthehistoryofpainting,which
helpedusbreaktheice;wesaweachotherforthefirsttime
inalongwhileandIdidnotevenattempttoconcealmy
intimidation,
which
circumstances
the
was
obvious
particularly
given
the
previous
time
we
met.
The
archbishop
confessedthatarthistoryisoneofhisgreatestpassions,
andcontemplatingexquisitepaintingsnotonlyletshimrelax
andcalmshimdownbutisalsoasourceofinspirationand
energythatheneedsforhiswork.
–Beingaroundmodernartisparticularlyvaluablefora
personinmyposition,dearGiuseppe–hesaid.–TheVatican
cannotsolelyfocusoncelebratingthetradition,although,
obviously,
we
must
remember
our
origins.
The
Vatican
must
constantlyfacenewchallengesbroughtbythemoderntimes,
complicated
as
they
may
be.
Hence
the
expressive
abstractionist
right
next
to
the
Renaissance
masters.
Art
constantly
reminds
me
of
my
tasks
and
responsibilities,
