Clergy Connects with Young People through Music — VOA Learning English

Article · Language: English · Level: hard · Author: VOA Learning English · ≈ 4 min · 566 words

Topics: мистецтво й музика

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Guilherme Peixoto, a religious official in northern Portugal, has been busy this month. He celebrated religious services, watched over remembrances for the dead, and prepared electronic music for his next international DJ performance.

DJ, short for disc jockey, is a person who plays recorded music on the radio or at a gathering.

For this 49-year-old Catholic priest, music has become an important way to reach people at a time when religion is becoming less popular — especially among young people.

“With electronic music, I can take some message, I can be where young people are,” Peixoto said recently. “They can think, ‘If it’s possible for a priest to be DJ, it’s possible for me to like music,…

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Giovanna Dell’Orto reported on this story for the Associated Press. John Russell adapted it for VOA Learning English.

Source: learningenglish.voanews.com/a/clergy-connects-with-young-people-through-music/73

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