Mr Inwood's setting was judged the best entry in an international competition organised by The Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation.

The competition was judged by a committee that included Mgr Massimo Palombella, director of the Sistine Chapel Choir.

Mr Inwood said that his setting was inspired by music from the Taizé Community, which uses a contemplative, repetitive style of music to enhance prayer and meditation.

Of his setting Mr Inwood said: "I deliberately kept the music very simple so that even the smallest parishes can hopefully make use of it."

He has donated all rights to the setting to the pontifical council to aid its diffusion throughout the world.

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