Jeffrey Tucker reports on remarks made by Pope Benedict after a concert of the Mozart Requiem:Allow me, however, to express once again the particular affection that has united me, I could say, always, to this great musician. Every time I listen to his music I cannot help but return in memory to my parish church, where on feast days, when I was a boy, one of his "Masses" resounded: I felt that a ray of beauty from heaven reached my heart, and I continue to experience this sensation also today every time I listen to this great, dramatic and serene meditation on death.
This Pope has made some efforts towards walking back the happy-clappy revolution which has overtaken Catholic music, but with only limited success, at least in the USA.
P.S. On the other hand, the Vatican seems to think that Homer Simpson is a "true Catholic," so maybe Mozart isn't in such good company after all.
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