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Step into the halls of 17th-century Rome, where the beauty of sacred song was a matter of papal decree and eternal law. Discover how Pope Urban VIII transformed the Church’s daily prayer from simple prose into exquisite Latin poetry, creating a standardized spiritual weapon against 'heretical depravity.'