The event gave tourists access to the Vatican Museums outside the official opening hours, an exclusive concert at the Sistine Chapel, dinner at the Vatican Museums, tour of the papal gardens at the Vatican and the Necropolis on the Via Triumphalis and Porsche Travel Club driving tour in the southern Lazio region. A maximum of 20 tourists only were allowed to participate in the event.
The partnership between the car company and the Vatican had sparked notion that the Sistine Chapel can now be rented for events. However, director of the Vatican Museums, Professor Antonio Paolucci clarified that the Sisitine Chapel can never be rented for it not being a commercial place. He said that the Porsche event is the first among Vatican's Art for Charity project where big companies can donate to charitable events at the Holy See.
"Saturday will be the debut of Art for Charity, an initiative to exclusively support the charitable projects of the pope. This initiative is organised directly by the Vatican Museums and is directed at big companies. With the payment of a ticket, they can contribute to financing charity projects," Paolucci told press. The press conference was originally held to present the international congress titled, The Sistine Chapel, twenty years on: new breath, new light.
With a big car company Porsche and the announcement of the Art for Charity, some were quick to notice the semblance to the milieu of the movie "The Godfather 3" released in 1990. In the third franchise of the film, the Corleone Family, with Michael's desire to be legitimate and to be respected, established a relationship with the Vatican. On top of the family's charitable institutions, Michael had also sought to buy the Vatican's shares in Immobiliare. To gain approval from the Vatican he bribed an archbishop who brought the Vatican Bank into big debts because of his poor management and corrupt practices.