Sacred music and liturgical chant needs renewing and improving, Pope Francis said

Sacred music and liturgical chant needs renewing and improving

Monday, March 6th, 2017

Sacred music and liturgical chant needs renewing and improving, Pope Francis said at a major international conference on sacred music on Saturday.

“Sometimes a certain mediocrity, superficiality and banality have prevailed, to the detriment of the beauty and intensity of liturgical celebrations,” he said at the conference organized by the Congregation for Catholic Education and the Pontifical Council for Culture. Read more

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