Perhaps one of the worst popes in history, it is true.
Category: Music
The Music Regained in Heaven
In the Blessed in Paradise, the instruments project us into the spiritual harmony that the blessed regain in music.
The Missa Cantata sine Hymnis – Moving Toward an Ideal
I can hardly follow in my hand Missal, let alone pray, in times like this.
Leo XII: the Forgotten Post-Revolution Pope
"He is a very distinguished and enlightened individual and a Prince full of dignity."
The Mass for Napoleon
It was heard in Paris on April 18, 1802, Easter Sunday, when the Concordat was proclaimed in France.
Saint Nerses the Gracious
He composed the text and the melody of almost 1200 hymns (šarakan), troparia, odes, and liturgical songs.
Does the Church Have a Duty to Protect Her Own Cultural Heritage?
"Holy Mother Church holds all lawfully acknowledged rites to be of equal right and dignity; that she wishes to preserve them in the future and to foster them in every way." -Vatican II
Jesuita non Cantat
"When asked about the fact that the new Pope did not sing and paid little attention to ceremonies and rituals he had to answer that this is typical of the Jesuit."
St. Thomas on the Doctrine of Music
St. Jerome does not absolutely condemn singing, but reproves those who sing theatrically in church not in order to arouse devotion, but in order to show off, or to provoke pleasure.
The English Catholic Who Risked Death for Sacred Music and the Faith
It is music written for an intimate, secret setting... which was punishable in many cases with life imprisonment and even the death penalty.