The Vatican Sacred School of Music seeks to teach Catholics around the world how to sing the old Gregorian song as a means to help the faithful actively participate in the liturgy, including papal masses.
The Pontifical Sacra Music Institute announced this week that it is launching its “Let’s Sing With the Pope” initiative (“we sing with the Pope”) as a series of “brief educational tutorials in video” to make Gregorian music accessible to all.
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The Institute described the Gregorian song as a “rich heritage” and a “universal musical and spiritual language” used in papal masses and other celebrations.
The videos series will help “promote active and conscious participation in the liturgy”, including the next papal celebrations, the institute said in an Instagram publication.
In the initial video of the series, Fr. Robert Mehlhart OP, rector of the Pontifical Institute, demonstrated how the misa’s greeting is sung both for the celebrant and the assembly.
The instructions “will help the people of God to sing along with the Holy Father during the next great liturgical celebrations,” the institute said.
The Pontifical Institute of Sacra Music was founded by Pope Pius X in 1910. It is located in Rome, just west of the city of the Vatican, at the old site of the Pontifical Abbey of San Jerónimo de la Ciudad.
The Institute states that “currently has 153 students from 44 countries”, of which 10 will sing in the guide choir at the opening Mass of Pope Leo XIV this weekend.
Translated and adapted by the ACI Press team. Originally published in CNA.
Daniel Payne
Daniel Payne is a senior editor of Catholic News Agency. He previously worked at College Fix and Just the News. He lives in Virginia with his family.