The St. Columbanus choir endowed ”The Lord is My Light and My Salvation” with an inviting gospel feeling on All Souls` Day, but few of the parishioners joined in. Those who tried spent the first few ...

In late 2020, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops—a body whose pronouncements I tend to ignore and, often, actively avoid—published a document about the use of music during the Mass. The ...

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 ...

Professional music groups across the country have begun activation on Music for the Catholic Hymn Book, an improvement on the popular Catholic Hymn Book. Lawyer-cum-music enthusiast, Ikechukwu Eseka, ...

The composer of several well-known songs used in Catholic liturgies has been dropped by a prominent hymnal publisher, amid accusations of serial spiritual manipulation and sexual misconduct. "Early ...

The late Sister Thea Bowman, a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration from Canton, Miss., was nationally known for her work to advance the life of her fellow black Catholics in the church. She ...

For generations, Catholics had to navigate their way around the Index of Forbidden Books. Now, some Catholics will have to do the same with the Index of Forbidden Music, Liturgical Division. Bishop W.

The Parish Priest of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Ewu-Owa, Gberigbe in Ikorodu, Lagos, Rev. Fr. James Anelu, has been “suspended” for banning Igbo songs and choruses in his parish. The Catholic ...