Liturgical Dance Can Kill

Thinking Catholics will be well aware of then-Cardinal Ratzinger's wonderful book 'The Spirit of the Liturgy', where on page 198 he states unequivocally that "Dancing is not a form of expression for the Christian Liturgy."  The man who wrote that is now the Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church so, his views on liturgy certainly should be listened/adhered to.

The following story, taken from Independent Catholic News illustrates, perhaps somewhat how dangerous it can be to allow/promote liturgical dance in your Church.  You never know what can happen!?

Sudan: assassination attempt on Cardinal

Posted: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 11:58 am

An assassination attempt on Cardinal Zubeir Wako, the Catholic Archbishop of Khartoum took place on Sunday. The attack happened as the Cardinal was leading the Eucharistic celebration at the Comboni Playground in Khartoum. A suspect, who was identified as Hamdan Mohamed Abdurrahman,  infiltrated the congregation and joined the liturgical dancers in front of the altar. He made his way to the front of the group and held up a dagger within four steps of Cardinal Wako, before he was spotted by the Master of Ceremonies, Mr Barnaba Matuech Anei who was next to the cardinal, who caught and disarmed him. He was then handed over to the security guards who had missed him earlier. "The man  might have infiltrated and entered the playground early, and hid himself amongst the faithful because we had very intense security check-in at the gates,” Mr Matuec said. “We want to find out what was his mission in the Church was, and why he was carrying a dagger with him. After that, we will see what to do next. We must know his background and identity. If he has people backing him to carry out such actions in the church, we would like to know,” he said ... Ave Maria!