CNA Staff, Oct 31, 2024 / 15:40 pm. The Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, will implement a formal ban this week on the singing of certain contemporary hymns at Mass because of doctrinal ...

In a decree dated Oct. 24, Bishop W. Shawn McKnight listed a dozen commonly used but “doctrinally problematic” Catholic songs that will be “absolutely forbidden” in the diocese after Nov. 1.

Hymns like And My Heart Is Happy Again by Father Thành Tâm or Prayer of Peace by Father Kim Long are sung beyond Catholic communities. "The Season of Flowers Has Arrived " by Sister Trầm Hương has ...

Many of the prohibited titles appeared in a 2020 report from the USCCB’s doctrine committee, “Catholic Hymnody at the Service of the Church: An Aid for Evaluating Hymn Lyrics.” ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced plans to release its new hymnbook in mid-2027. It will feature about 375 hymns, and about one-third of those will be children's songs.

St. Louis, Mo., Nov 7, 2024 / 17:30 pm. Just days after implementing a formal ban on a dozen “doctrinally problematic” hymns, a Missouri bishop has rescinded his original decree, instead ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Tuesday that the church’s new hymnbook will have around 375 hymns and children’s songs in its printed version and is expected to be ...