> The Catholic church is almost as divided on the issue as the protestant one but, because of the more rigorous control, it tends to result in a gentle swing between the two poles from pope to pope. John-Paul II, for example, despite being a playwright himself, put out a rule which forbade the performance of secular music in churches (the Polish tradition is surprisingly puritanical)whilst the German Benedict, soaked in his own country's Lutheran tradition, often invites musicians into the Vatican to perform

Very interesting point … also very different from the way we typically (or, perhaps, stereotypically) think of those 2 popes.