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Australian church bans secular music for funerals

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Catholic officials in Australia have issued new guidelines that ban secular music from being played at funerals. It’s meant to guard against music that isn’t considered ‘solemn’ enough. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more from the BBC’s Phil Mercer.

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