Maher said that modern songs that cross denominational boundaries tend to be based on Bible verses. They also focus on common ...

There aren’t many songs in the Catholic tradition that work for singing in a stadium-sized event. But even more important was that all the songs during the congress, from chant and a gospel choir to ...

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 … ...

Then there were the Catholic bishops and other worshippers in the stands, hands raised in worship like Pentecostals, singing “How Great Is Our God,” a megachurch-style worship anthem, as a ...

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 ...

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City decreed Oct. 28 that a dozen hymns no longer be used at churches in his mid-Missouri diocese. The most familiar of these: Marty Haugen's "All Are Welcome." ...

The priest was said to have been stopped from working for discriminating against Igbos and banning Igbo songs and choruses in his parish. Alfred Martin, the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, in a ...

David Haas, a composer known for “Blest Are They,” “We Are Called,” “You Are Mine” and other favorites, has been accused of sexual abuse and harassment by multiple women, an advocacy ...

Why Catholic bishops rocked out to megachurch worship hits The rise in popularity of music from churches like Elevation, Hillsong and Bethel has helped launch a new kind of ecumenical movement.

In 2021, America’s literary editor James T. Keane and poetry editor Joe Hoover, S.J., compiled a list of the very best (and very worst) Catholic retreat songs of Gen X.

Haas, 63, is the composer of several songs included in the "Gather" hymnal published by GIA, which is among the best-selling and most used hymnals in American Catholic parishes.