{"id":20349,"date":"2013-06-28T07:48:49","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T13:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=20349"},"modified":"2013-07-01T12:59:06","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T18:59:06","slug":"lutheran-st-thomas-choir-from-leipzig-to-sing-at-mass-with-pope-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2013\/06\/28\/lutheran-st-thomas-choir-from-leipzig-to-sing-at-mass-with-pope-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Lutheran St. Thomas Choir from Leipzig to sing at Mass with Pope Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Saturday, for the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, the famous choir of St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Germany, where J.S. Bach once worked, will sing at Mass in St. Peter&#8217;s Basilica with Pope Francis, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lvz-online.de\/kultur\/news\/petersdom-statt-thomaskirche--leipzigs-thomaner-singen-am-samstag-fuer-papst\/r-news-a-194969.html\" target=\"_blank\">German media report<\/a>. The choir has sung in the Vatican before, but not at a liturgy.<\/p>\n<p>The invitation had been made by Pope Emeritus Benedict, and was confirmed by Pope Francis.<\/p>\n<p>One is tempted to add, Pope Francis surely won&#8217;t do a last-minute no-show for this musical event!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The famous Lutheran choir has sung in the Vatican before, but not at a liturgy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,2224],"tags":[2477,2056,296,3010,3021],"class_list":["post-20349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-general","category-pope-francis","tag-j-s-bach","tag-liturgical-music","tag-lutheran","tag-pope-benedict-xvi","tag-pope-francis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lutheran St. Thomas Choir from Leipzig to sing at Mass with Pope Saturday - Home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2013\/06\/28\/lutheran-st-thomas-choir-from-leipzig-to-sing-at-mass-with-pope-saturday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lutheran St. Thomas Choir from Leipzig to sing at Mass with Pope Saturday - Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The famous Lutheran choir has sung in the Vatican before, but not at a liturgy.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2013\/06\/28\/lutheran-st-thomas-choir-from-leipzig-to-sing-at-mass-with-pope-saturday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-06-28T13:48:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-07-01T18:59:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/pt.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"411\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"90\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/28\\\/lutheran-st-thomas-choir-from-leipzig-to-sing-at-mass-with-pope-saturday\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/28\\\/lutheran-st-thomas-choir-from-leipzig-to-sing-at-mass-with-pope-saturday\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7fbf63ff85d447cf06b0588add3e41d2\"},\"headline\":\"Lutheran St. Thomas Choir from Leipzig to sing at Mass with Pope Saturday\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-06-28T13:48:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-07-01T18:59:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/28\\\/lutheran-st-thomas-choir-from-leipzig-to-sing-at-mass-with-pope-saturday\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":101,\"commentCount\":9,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"J.S. 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