The Vatican has changed the English-speaking Mass to make it more faithful to the Latin. Some see that as a renaissance for composers and for the music publishing business.

Some parishes are allowing adolescents at Spanish-language Masses to have free rein in bringing music to Mass — and they are bringing in cheap and commercial rock and pop tunes with Christian words.

On a recent Monday at the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Conn., about 35 nuns gather in a dim chapel to chant, as they do every day at noon. Making their way through Psalm 118, the nuns sit ...

For the average American Catholic in the pews, the upcoming changes to the text of the Mass might mean little more than memorizing a few new prayer responses.But when the revised translation of ...

His work to help reintroduce forms of ancient music and text to the Catholic Mass has won him accolades from music directors across the country. PHOTO PROVIDED BY PETER CARDELLO Luke Massery, a native ...

Older folk music would be brought into church and secular folk music would be given new words and used at Mass. It was a sea change, opening the floodgates on what kinds of music would be used at ...

The BYU Catholic Newman Club hosted the first Mass to happen on the BYU campus in years on January 16. ... It also contained sheet music, explanations for symbolism and readings from the Bible.

Carrying on a traditional interpretation of sacred music, the Twin Cities Catholic Chorale begins its 50th season this month at the the Church of St. Agnes in Frogtown. At Sunday Masses from ...