The scene has everything the contemporary Vatican seems incapable of avoiding: underlying solemnity, a television aesthetic, a crowd in St. Peter's Square, the Popemobile moving through the faithful, and suddenly, ABBA blasting as if the general audience needed a disco soundtrack. The video circulating on social media, captured with irony by Raymond Arroyo, shows the bewilderment: Dancing Queen accompanying a papal meeting in the visible heart o…
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The scene has everything the contemporary Vatican seems incapable of avoiding: underlying solemnity, a television aesthetic, a crowd in St. Peter's Square, the Popemobile moving through the faithful, and suddenly, ABBA blasting as if the general audience needed a disco soundtrack. The video circulating on social media, captured with irony by Raymond Arroyo, shows the bewilderment: Dancing Queen accompanying a papal meeting in the visible heart o…