For decades, there's been concern in many corners of the Church that Catholic music is in crisis. Much of the critique of contemporary liturgical music lies in the reforms of the Second Vatican ...

Pope Francis greets choir members during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square in a file photo. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.) Listen Is contemporary Catholic church music “mediocre, superficial and ...

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The pop star's visual for her hit song "Feather" caused trouble for a Brooklyn church Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously ...

Sabrina Carpenter's response to the controversy surrounding her “Feather” music video is getting a reaction all of its own. The music video, which was released Oct. 30, features the singer in various ...

In my previous writing on music, I contended that the present-day Catholic Church is in need of journalistic music criticism. Every major secular newspaper in America carries criticism of serious ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Pop singer Sabrina Carpenter’s use of a Roman Catholic church in Brooklyn as a backdrop for parts of a music video, with her dancing next to pastel-colored coffins, led to its pastor ...

A woman prays during a Black History Month Mass of thanksgiving Feb. 28, 2021, at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Brooklyn, N.Y. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) Lead me, guide me, along the way. For ...

Geoffrey Say, music director for the St. Helena Catholic Church, has moved to a new position as music director for the St. Faustina Catholic Church in Fulshear, Texas. His last services in St. Helena ...