It’s a lot more fun than going to Confession.
A Roman Catholic priest in southern Spain has parishioners banging down his church doors, all so they can praise God and dance the flamenco.
Jose Planas Moreno, or Father Pepe, as he is known, brings flocks of congregants to the Nuestra Senora del Carmen church in Campanilla by clicking his heels and strutting his stuff.
The 66-year-old and female worshippers twirl down the aisles doing the sevillanas, a traditonal dance very similar to flamenco, Britain’s The Telegraph reported.
While other Roman Catholic churches deal with dwindling numbers of the faithful, Father Pepe’s pews are filled to overflowing.
His followers have gone beyond Spain since videos of his flamenco prowess have been posted on YouTube.
“Something happens when I dance,” he told Diario Sur, the local Malaga newspaper, according to The Telegraph. “I love it. It brings me closer to God.”
He has flamenco in his blood, he said, because his mother was a gypsy.
In 1997, he said, he danced for the late Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.
Source: NY Daily News