Church leaders have paid tribute to the songwriter Leonard Cohen, who has died aged 82. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, tweeted lyrics from "Hallelulah", a song replete with biblical references.
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
— Gianfranco Ravasi (@CardRavasi) November 11, 2016
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah (#LeonardCohen)
Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane called Cohen "one of the voices of the age".
Cohen was profoundly Jewish & therefore biblical but one of the voices of the age - very old & always new. Work that out; he sure did.
— Arch Mark Coleridge (@ArchbishopMark) November 11, 2016
