The Bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat writes to Rosalía: "I can't understand you, but I would like to."

BarcelonaThe spiritual aspect of LuxRosalía's new musical work has also become a topic of interest within the Catholic Church. This Sunday, the Bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Xabier Gómez García, published an open letter in the Sunday bulletin addressed to the singer from Sant Esteve Sesrovires. In the text, the clergyman states that he is intrigued by the spiritual turn that Rosalía's work has taken. "I can't understand you, but I would like to. Your art, hypnotically eclectic and performative, and you yourself, raise questions for me. Perhaps it's not necessary to understand it. But I wonder what is within you, in your inner world, at this stage or cycle of your life as a woman and artist," the bishop says.

In the letter, Xabier Gómez García compares Rosalía's search for a higher truth to one of the films by the Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky. Andrei Rublev (1966), based on the life of this 15th-century artist. "The Russian painter, amidst darkness and violence, seeks light, beauty, and faith, despite not finding easy answers. Like him, you seem to experience art as a spiritual journey, where creation is a form of pilgrimage toward what transcends. But you haven't quite reached it... not without casting off your moorings," the bishop argues.

"Your lyrics disconcert me, but they also open me to the possibility of a dialogue about the complexity of the human experience. You understand love as a force that can be painful, liberating, even divine. Your art is a space where vulnerability and strength coexist, where desire." The bishop ends the letter inviting Rosalía to engage in introspection: "There are silences that speak louder than a thousand songs. I wonder if, when everything is silent, you find peace or just more noise. Perhaps the answer lies not outside, but within you."