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.

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." ...

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 ...

CHURCH HYMNS TO LIVELY TUNES. Share full article. April 21, 1880. ... It is said that Father McNamara, who is endeavoring to establish an independent Catholic church in Brooklyn, ...

As a practising Catholic, I was raised to revere the Mass as the highest form of worship -- a sacred moment in which heaven touches earth and the faithful encounter the divine. Over the years, my ...

For many young people, sacred music is their first encounter with the Church. The author of this article, coming from a non-religious background, joined the Thai Ha choir just to learn music. Those ...

With one last hymn, parishioners bid farewell to 150-year-old church in small Minnesota town Immaculate Conception Catholic Church held what was likely its final mass on Dec. 8. By Sean Baker ...

– The last time the Catholic church here faced an existential threat was on New Year’s Eve 1935, when the church was set ablaze. Not even a With one last hymn, parishioners bid farewell to 150 ...