Pope Francis, "The Musical Pope", has died

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Pope Francis - 2025

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On April 21, 2025, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, affectionately known as Pope Francis, "The People's Pope", died.       

Only one other Pope has had a personal effect on my life, that was Pope Pius XII, whom I mentioned in a blog I wrote in 2013 about Van Cliburn  (link below).

        

On a post by NPR (link below) I discovered that in his student days in his hometown of Buenos Aires, he was a nightclub bouncer and that Pope Francis also had a record collection, and spoke about his favorites.       

        

Classical religious selections were at the top of the list, of course, but it also included tangos by Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla, Elvis Presley gospel recordings and albums by the French chanson singer Edith Piaf.        

         

        

        

         

        

        

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Van Cliburn & Sputnik ~ 1958        

Édith Piaf         

Astor Piazzolla          

Elvis Presley            

         

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NPR ~ Pope Francis, the music nerd: a playlist        

         

        

        

        

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Styrous® ~ Saturday, April 26, 2025       

      

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