LAÚNDOS, Portugal (AP) — Guilherme Peixoto, a village priest in northern Portugal, has been busy this month celebrating Masses at his two parishes, presiding over remembrances for the dead — and preparing the electronic music set for his next international DJ gig.
"They can think, 'If it’s possible for a priest to be DJ, it’s possible for me to like music, and festivals, and be Christian.'"
The priest broke onto the global stage when the organizers of World Youth Day in Lisbon asked him to “wake up the pilgrims” at 7 a.m. before Pope Francis’ open-air Mass in August.
There, he re-mixed electronic dance beats with words from Pope Francis’ encyclical about protecting the environment.
“It’s very important to me to not only be the priest DJ, but be the shepherd of the community,” Peixoto said.
Persons:
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Organizations:
—, Ar, Rock, Peixoto, Catholic Portuguese University, Braga, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP
Locations:
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