I was crestfallen when I recently learned that Archbishop Piero Marini is moving on to a new position.
Who is Archbishop Marini? You would probably recognize him. He served as master of ceremonies and Papal liturgist for Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI. If you saw the Pope at Mass, you saw Archbishop Marini. He is the priest that was always at the Pope's right hand at every official liturgical function.
As a church musician with an interest in liturgical functions and protocals, I was almost as excited to see Archbishop Marini as I was to see Pope Benedict XVI when I was in Rome this past summer.
Well, Archbishop Marini is now President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses - whatever that office is. The Pope named a successor to Archbishop Marini - some young whippersnapper of a priest. I suppose I'll give him a chance, but he has some bigh shoes to fill.
Am I a total Vatican geek or what?
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