{"id":1519,"date":"2015-04-07T15:41:13","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T19:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/66.147.242.160\/~stumbli4\/?p=1519"},"modified":"2015-04-09T11:30:17","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T15:30:17","slug":"pope-francis-out-with-his-first-hit-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/?p=1519","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis Out With His First Hit Single"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"FrancisChurch<\/a>

FrancisChurch theology now in song<\/p><\/div>\n

Do you ever get the feeling Pope Francis is just sort of place-holding while armies of people hype him into all kinds of figures like pope, theologian, politician, climatologist, economics advocate, St. Francis and Mother Teresa, cool guy, bouncer, teddy bear, pop star?<\/p>\n

Ever since I learned that the Vatican retained consulting giant McKinsey & Co. fresh after the Conclave to help Pope Francis ‘reform’ the Church, I find little to celebrate in stunts <\/a>like this:<\/p>\n

Pope Francis was already well-qualified as a renaissance man, having formerly worked as a bouncer at a Buenos Aires nightclub and a literature professor who was able to persuade Argentina\u2019s most famous surrealist writer, Jorge Luis Borges<\/a>, to speak to one of his classes.<\/p>\n

Now the pontiff has added yet another improbable title to his r\u00e9sum\u00e9: Songwriter.<\/p>\n

His new song, titled \u201cSo we can all be one,\u201d is the product of a collaborative effort between Francis and Italian-Argentinian musician Odino Faccia<\/a>. Its public debut came March 29, following Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter\u2019s Square.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“We are the world. We are the children. We are the ones who make a brighter day so lets start giving!”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Faccia told Crux in an e-mail that his bond with the pope comes from his work, since he\u2019s always favored music that promotes peace and values. Faccia, considering how to transmit the pope\u2019s message of peace, composed the song \u2014 with Francis\u2019s full support.<\/p>\n

After singing the new song\u00a0on Palm Sunday, Faccia told Crux that Pope Francis reported to him that he \u201creally liked the song.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis message is of light and hope,\u201d begins the three-minute song, which describes overcoming darkness and looking ahead, rather than allowing the past to determine one\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo that all may be one,\u201d goes\u00a0the chorus, \u201cgone are the walls, only the value of the encounter remains \u2026 that is the bridge to peace.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think this effort may express the Pope’s theological insights quite well. Could it possibly be more trite, empty, or meaningless?<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we can all be one,\u201d distributed by Sony music, is currently available only in Spanish<\/a>, but Faccia said versions are currently being produced in English, Italian, Polish, Arabic, and Portuguese.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They say St. Peter’s Square is really starting to thin out<\/a> for papal appearances.\u00a0 I wonder what will happen when they start playing this in a loop?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you ever get the feeling Pope Francis is just sort of place-holding while armies of people hype him into all kinds of figures like pope, theologian, politician, climatologist, economics advocate, St. Francis and Mother Teresa, cool guy, bouncer, teddy bear, pop star? Ever since I learned that the Vatican retained consulting giant McKinsey & …<\/span> Read More →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[152,151,148,149,150],"class_list":["post-1519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-break-down-the-walls","tag-encounter","tag-pope-francis-pop-star","tag-pope-francis-song","tag-we-are-the-world"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1519"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1532,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519\/revisions\/1532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}