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 ...

(RNS) — In mid-July, Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts, was transformed into a place of worship as more than 50,000 Catholics gathered for the National Eucharistic Congress. The ...

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 ...

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 following article attempts to answer a long-standing question about the origin of nineteen hymns and anthems which appeared in the first American Catholic hymnal, published in Philadelphia in 1787 ...

You know this couch. You've sat on this couch. You cried on this couch while Tay-Tay sang "Clean" to your angsty teenage heart. (iStock) The slightly musty basement of the retreat house. The twinkling ...

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 ...

Catholic Church for Lagos don suspend Reverend Father James Anelu of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Ewu-owa, Ikorodu, after im allegedly ban Igbo songs from di church and also allegedly make ...

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 group says. By ...

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 ...