There will be girls in the choir at the Pope’s favourite church
mainPope Benedict XVI spent much of his pre-Papal career in Regensburg, where his brother George was conductor of the renowned Regensburger Domspatzen. That all-boys’ choir was found to have been a hub of sexual and physical abuse of more than 500 children .
The Regensburger Domspatzen has now decided to admit girl scholars from the start of the school year 2022/23.
Father Georg Ratzinger died last summer.
Sic transeunt harmoniae mundi.
correction:
The Regensburger Domspatzen will remain an all-boys’ choir.
However, the choir’s schools -private ‘Grundschule’ and ‘Gymnasium’ – will be open to girls.
Also, there are plans for a new cathedral girls’ choir, in addition to the Domspatzen.
About time. Disgraceful across the board, and discrimination of 50% of children, namely girls.
You do realize there are 2 popes now.
“Harmonia” (singular), or “transeunt” (plural).
grazie!
I hear that the current pope has specially requested feminine presence at the choir in connection with a possible future visit of Regensburg, to lighten-up his environment, coming from a one-sided gendered Vatican.