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Portuguese 'DJ Priest' Packs Monterrey Club, Then Celebrates Mass on Latin America Tour

He presents faith messages through club sets to reach young Catholics.

Roman Catholic Priest Guilherme Peixoto DJs at a party organised at Laundos, a civil parish in Povoa do Varzim, northern Portugal in the summer of 2019. Jorge Fernando da Silva/Handout via REUTERS

Overview

  • Father Guilherme Peixoto performed for about 300 people in Monterrey until around 2 a.m. and the next morning took part in Mass with Archbishop Rogelio Cabrera at the city’s metropolitan cathedral.
  • He is touring Latin America to promote his new EP, Si Tuvieras Fe, released on December 5.
  • His sets mix heavy electronic beats with spiritual messages, including tracks such as “Lift up the fallen” and “Protegeme Señor.”
  • Religious imagery features prominently at his shows, with videos of Pope Francis and, in Mexico, images of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
  • Peixoto traces his DJ path to a parish bar he launched two decades ago to pay church debts, later formalizing his skills with DJ classes and framing his music as community-building as traditional participation declines.