Pope favours more traditional music.Vatican City--Pope Benedict XVI used the occasion of a Sistine Chapel concert in his honour to gently hint at a need to return to more traditional church music such as Gregorian chant and poly phonic phon·ic adj. Of, relating to, or having the nature of sound, especially speech sounds. phonic pertaining to the voice. choirs. He said it was possible to modernize holy music while still staying within these parameters. (See also C.I., April 2006, pp. 30-31.) The Holy Father himself is a classical pianist with a preference for the works of Bach and Mozart. His brother Georg was a choir director in the diocese of Regensburg The Diocese of Regensburg (Latin Dioecesis Ratisbonensis) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church seated in Regensburg. Its district covers parts of northeastern Bavaria; it is subordinate to the archbishop of Munich and Freising. The diocese has 1. , Germany. The concert, performed by the Sistine Pontifical pon·tif·i·cal adj. 1. Relating to, characteristic of, or suitable for a pope or bishop. 2. Having the dignity, pomp, or authority of a pontiff or bishop. 3. Pompously dogmatic or self-important; pretentious. Music Chapel, included two compositions by its director, Msgr. Domenico Bartolucci. Throughout the English world the words of the Pope were interpreted by the media to mean that he was debunking de·bunk tr.v. de·bunked, de·bunk·ing, de·bunks To expose or ridicule the falseness, sham, or exaggerated claims of: debunk a supposed miracle drug. all modern music (see cartoon, a sample of several others). Catholic Insight, therefore, feels obliged to bring the Pope's full text. |
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