DJ Padre Guilherme Sparks Backlash in Lebanon

A month after Pope Leo XVI’s visit to Lebanon, another global Catholic superstar is set to visit.

DJ Padre Guilherme has been known in Catholic circles for a number of years now, playing to over 1 million people at World Youth Day in Lisbon in 2023.

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1 million young Catholics brought an end for their all night World Youth Day vigil at 7am this morning, with the sound of Padre Guilherme, the Portugese DJ priest pic.twitter.com/yvPUhlVFH5

— Catholic Arena (@CatholicArena) August 6, 2023

The Portuguese priest then hit new levels of fame in recent months, when it was somewhat dramatically reported that he and Pope Leo XIV had hosted a rave.

'The youthful face of the Church will continue to shine in the heart of Central Europe, where the faith of your forebears remains even today a source of new life'

Pope Leo XIV sends message to DJ Padre Guilherme gig in Slovakia pic.twitter.com/GlgKDd63nC

— Catholic Arena (@CatholicArena) November 12, 2025

Now, a visit to Lebanon, to play a gig in a nightclub in Beirut, has been attracting controversy.

A petition against the visit, signed by lay and clergy, has said that it “undermines church values” and “misrepresents Christian rituals.”

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