"For two thousand years, the Church has guided the development of music, carefully legislating to fuse artistic talent and aesthetic beauty with the demands of the Faith."

Beauty, Faith, Music, Talent

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"For two thousand years, the Church has guided the development of music, carefully legislating to fuse artistic talent and aesthetic beauty with the demands of the Faith."

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"When the truth is that there would be no great Western music, and certainly no decent choral repertoire, without the Catholic faith."

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"Catholic liturgical music, it would seem, is everywhere but in the Catholic Church itself."

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"Once the Mass is restored to its rightful place, we will again see choirs being developed."

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"Ironically, we live in times that are awash in authentic sacred music."

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"And this speaks to the larger problem that no one wants to talk about: the restoration of the Roman rite is a precondition for a long-term fix for the problem."

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