Arvo Pärt
Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, 82, has been announced as one of three winners of the 2017 Ratzinger Prize awarded by the Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation. The Ratzinger Prize was established in 2010 and first awarded in 2011. It goes to « people who answered to the challenge of fostering a deep dialogue among science, theology and philosophy. »
The prizes will be awarded to the recipients at an event in Vatican City on Nov. 18.
Pope Benedict XVI served as Pope from 2005-2013. The Pope Emeritus was succeeded by Pope Francis.
