CNA Staff, Dec 10, 2020 / 19:01 pm. The doctrine committee of the US bishops' conference (USCCB) earlier this year produced a guide to evaluating the lyrics of hymns on the basis of their ...

A set of 2020 guidelines from the U.S. bishops, “Catholic Hymnody at the Service of the Church,” lays out criteria for evaluating whether hymns sung at Mass are accurately conveying the truths ...

A steady diet of these hymns would erode Catholic sensibility regarding the fullness of Eucharistic teaching, on the Mass as sacrifice, and eventually on the Church, as formed by that sacrifice.” ...

In the Catholic Church of Zhejiang Province, where Bishop Shao is a victim of repression, the priest who administered 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 Vatican has released a new liturgy for the Mass reflecting concern for the environment, offering prayers, readings and hymns that highlight the church's responsibility to protect the Earth.

Catholic Churches Drop Hymns After Accusations ... David Haas and Susan Bruhl in 1984 at her high school graduation Baccalaureate mass at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in St. Paul Park ...

Why do we sing the hymn, “All Are Welcome” in church on Sundays? To quote Inigo Montoya in “The Princess Bride”: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it ...

Kate Basi, a liturgical composer and member of the Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Choir in Columbia, Mo., is seen in this undated photo. On June 8, 2022, the Association of Catholic Publishers named ...