VATICAN CITY (AP) — More than 130 Catholic cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive ... chanting the meditative “Litany of the Saints” and the Latin hymn “Veni Creator,” imploring the saints and the ...

At the time, Latin hymns were looked upon with disfavor as ... musicologists agree that the hymn was first associated with the 18th-century Catholic layman and music copyist John Francis Wade.

This handout picture released by the Press office shows cardinals chanting the Latin hymn "Veni Creator Spiritus ... ROMANO / AFP Vatican City: Catholic cardinals meeting in Rome on Monday ...