{"id":50397,"date":"2026-06-22T01:39:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/the-virgin-of-loreto-and-symphony-of-the-innocents-by-kiko-arguello\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T19:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:43:16","slug":"the-virgin-of-loreto-and-symphony-of-the-innocents-by-kiko-arguello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/the-virgin-of-loreto-and-symphony-of-the-innocents-by-kiko-arguello\/","title":{"rendered":"The Virgin of Loreto and “Symphony of the Innocents”\u00a0by Kiko Arg\u00fcello"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the evocative setting of the square in front of the Basilica of the Holy House in Loreto, at dusk on Friday, June 19, 2026, an exceptional event took place, rich in meaning, intensified by the gesture of the conductor who, as he began the \u201cencore\u201d of the final movement dedicated to Mary, raised his hand toward heaven as if to open it up to make the Blessed Virgin present.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

With Kiko Arg\u00fcello in attendance\u2014who was greeted with great affection and a warm round of applause upon his arrival in the square\u2014along with Father Mario Pezzi and Ascensi\u00f3n Romero, the international team responsible for the Neocatechumenal Way, 800 priests who have emerged in recent years from the 38 Redemptoris Mater diocesan seminaries in the Americas, accompanied by the itinerant teams responsible for the American nations, and in the presence of His Excellency Archbishop Fabio Dal Cin, Papal Legate for the Holy House of Loreto, his Vicar General, the Rector of the Holy House, along with some Capuchin friars, the double symphonic catechetical composition \u201cThe Suffering of the Innocents\u201d and \u201cThe Messiah\u201d\u2014two symphonic works composed by Kiko Arg\u00fcello\u2014was performed.<\/p>\n\n

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“The Suffering of the Innocents” (2010) has been performed in major theaters, concert halls, squares, and cathedrals around the world: Jerusalem, Rome, Madrid, New York, Chicago, Budapest, Tokyo, Berlin, Lublin, Auschwitz\u2026”. “The Messiah” premiered in 2023 at the Verdi Theater in Trieste. On June 1, 2025, at the \u201cEnnio Morricone Music Park\u201d auditorium in Rome, in the Santa Cecilia Hall, on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Family, complete symphonic work composed by Kiko Arg\u00fcello was premiered. Both compositions were subsequently performed at the Mosque-Cathedral of C\u00f3rdoba, the Oviedo Music Auditorium, and the Cathedral of Toledo.<\/p>\n\n

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The first special significance lies precisely in the presence of the 800 priests from the Americas who are gathered at the Neocatechumenal Center in Porto San Giorgio, not far from Loreto, for a time of formation and evangelization: the next day, they were all to set out, in pairs, to nearly every diocese in Italy, carrying the kerygma and the beauty of Christian initiation\u2014which, through the Neocatechumenal Way, has touched and transformed their lives.<\/p>\n\n

In this Franciscan Year, which marks the eighth centenary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi, the founder of the Way has chosen to revive, through these 800 priests, one of St. Francis\u2019s own practices: following Christ\u2019s example, St. Francis also sent his friars out two by two to spread the Gospel.<\/p>\n\n

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