All members are volunteers or receive modest stipends. The director is appointed by the Vicariate of Rome.
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This is not the Cappella Musicale Pontificia "Sistina" (the famous Sistine Chapel Choir), which serves the Pope personally at the Vatican. The Coro Diocesi di Roma represents the local diocese and its parishes. All members are volunteers or receive modest stipends
Whether you are a tourist walking through the echoing naves of Trastevere or a theologian studying the ars celebrandi , the is a thread connecting modern Rome to its apostolic roots. They are the voice of the local Church, singing not for applause, but for the glory of God and the sanctification of the Roman people. The Coro Diocesi di Roma represents the local
The stone walls of the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran were cold, but the air inside hummed with a nervous, electric warmth. In the center of the nave, a young tenor named Luca adjusted his music folder. Around him stood hundreds of others—teachers, doctors, students, and retirees—all part of the Coro della Diocesi di Roma