Uff da. I think it’s after Mass. But Cardinal Bergoglio was definitely there. Not sure when this if from. It looks local to Argentina. What a sad Mass. I bet the median age of those in attendance is well above 70. I bet not even 10% of the participants are under 60. This must have been a special Mass to attract the Cardinal Archbishop, but attendance seems moderate, at best. Thank goodness they got elderly women to bear the candles up the processional (not).
The festivities end with a languid tango. Not the best effort. Maybe they were a special couple celebrating their 90th wedding anniversary or something. I had a very hard time hearing the audio (esp. Bergoglio’s, he speaks very quietly), and my verbal Spanish is so-so at best (and its heavily biased towards Castillian – conother, and all that), so I could not really tell what was going on. I’m sure one of you will enlighten me.
Is the tango after Mass? Does that make a big difference? Are you like me, and find it offensive when a beautiful old church is gutted and sanctuary moved 50 ft (or much more) out into the nave? Is it ever appropriate to have dancing in front of the altar? Does a bishop visiting at a parish bear any responsibility for what goes on? What is the appropriate response – to walk off when the shenanigans begin? Is a tango after Mass worse than a balloon Mass? And where does the belly dancing serpent fondling circus Mass fall in the spectrum?
When can we make the Mass primarily about rendering glory and worship to God, oriented towards our need for forgiveness and utter dependence on Grace for salvation?
h/t Mundabor and reader TG