Pope Francis is set to be thrilled when he visits Columbia this week as a nun-turned-rapper will perform for the holy man.
Maria Valentina de Los Angeles is a member of a group which will sing the official song during the pontiff’s visit as he greets the crowds. It is “an opportunity to show him our love the way that we know, which is through music,” Maria Valentina, 28, said.
“The cool thing about rap is that it sticks in your head easily. And when it has the depth of truth, which is Christ, then it is even more striking.”
She won a reality-show competition on television called “Another Level,” Twhich spurred the United Catholic Musicians to hail her natural talent for rapping and also invite her to compose and perform the rap interlude.
“Colombia welcomes you with open arms,” goes Maria Valentina’s rap. “With one voice happily we say to you: blessed be God, who in his wisdom has brought you to our land to be its guide.”
She says she likes the rebellious spirit of rap. For her, it chimes with Francis’s own call to the young to “make trouble” — his way of telling them to fearlessly share their faith.
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