Go here to read more on the Pope’s remarks. As an American, he has to know what a tedious mess, bad hymns preserved in amber over the last half century, most Mass music is in this country. However, I suspect that he is a true ideologue, and ideologues never let mere facts stand in their way.
LeoWatch: A Flat Failure
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
With all the people praying for him, the Pope needs to respond accordingly.
Or worse, he believes “Gather Us In”, “All Are Welcome”, and “One Spirit, One Church” all glorify God and sanctifies us. I’d be willing to bet he uses the misquote from St. Augustine of “he who sings prays twice.”
“long tradition” means 60 years.