U2's Bono looks set to meet yet another pontiff, as Pope Benedict XVI extended an invitation to the singer and hundreds of other artists to meet with him in the Vatican, to rekindle a relationship between faith and art.More than 500 personalities from the worlds of art, theatre, literature and music have been asked to gather with the pope under the legendary Michelangelo frescoes in the Sistine Chapel on November 21, the Boston Pilot reported.
The guest list for the meeting includes people who have made their mark in visual arts, architecture, literature, poetry, music and performing arts, including theater, dance, cinema and television.
A few names of the invited that have been announced were Italian film score composer Ennio Morricone, avant-garde theater director Bob Wilson, architect Daniel Libeskind, and Bono.
Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture said that the artists were selected on the basis of their reputation and awards they had received.
"When Bono met Pope John Paul II in 2005, the pontiff took an interest in the singer's sunglasses: 'I said, Holy father, do you want a pair of fly shades?, and he said 'yes' and he put them on'," the Twenty Four Bit blog wrote about the report.
"Now if we can snag a picture with Pope Benedict wearing Bono's fly shades, our collection will be complete!" the blog said.
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