Posted on 03/05/2017 3:31:17 AM PST by BlessedBeGod
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Saturday received the participants in a major international conference on sacred music, a half-century after the promulgation of the Conciliar document, Musicam sacram on music in the sacred liturgy.
Over 400 people taking part in the gathering organized by the Congregation for Catholic Education and the Pontifical Council for Culture around the theme: Music and the Church: cult and culture fifty years after Musicam sacram, met in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace to hear the Holy Father.
“Certainly,” said Pope Francis, “the encounter with modernity and the introduction of [vernacular] tongues into the Liturgy stirred up many problems: of musical languages, forms and genres.”
The Holy father went on to say, “Sometimes a certain mediocrity, superficiality and banality have prevailed, to the detriment of the beauty and intensity of liturgical celebrations.”
The Pope encouraged the various actors in the field of liturgical music – from composers, conductors, musicians and choristers, to liturgical animators – to do their best to contribute to the renewal of sacred music and liturgical chant, especially as far as the quality of sacred music is concerned.
“To facilitate this process,” Pope Francis said, “we need to promote proper musical education, especially for those who are preparing to become priests – in dialogue with the musical trends of our time, with the demands of the different cultural areas, and with an ecumenical attitude.”
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Pope Frankie just wrote a pop song, btw. Actually, some Italian pop singer wrote it for him, but in collaboration with him and using his words. I think the revolting piece of drivel is set to be translated into various languages and released soon. It’s about peace and luv...
I predict the new Motu Proprio will be entitled, Tra La La La La, and it will ban Gregorian Chant as being entirely too huffy for Mass and order the removal of all pipe organs from Catholic churches. It will elevate St Louis Jesuit hymns as being the epitome of Church Music and will call for the Flute and Tambourine as mandatory for all Masses.
The pattern I see is this is a good time to watch the hands, not listen to the mouth. Early on, Francis talked about the devil and Christ. Now, it looks like that was like when Cardinal Mahoney said some pro-life stuff in the ‘80s before he was a Cardinal, seemingly to solidify support.
There ya go buddy. Put a bandaid on the gaping, blood squirting wound.
Better go back to 1959 and restore all tenets and rubrics.
Classic FrancisDiversion.
And I call for his resignation.
Still got a way to go before you get to the Baptists. My church has 3 electric guitars and a drummer. If the church ain’t a rockin’ don’t come a knockin’. Sing a NEW song unto the Lord.
If its not played at 432hz instead of 440hz then I’m calling fake.
He will step down.
If I wanted to go to a rock concert, I’d buy a ticket.
And for cold, dead “music”, go to the Catholic church.
Can’t have any of that life stuff in our worship to God, can we?
Ah, one of those Verdi fascists.
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