If you attend a Memorial Day ceremony this year, chances are you will hear “On Eagle’s Wings,” which is based on the text of ...

A crucifix is seen behind purple hyacinths on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican April 19, 2025, as volunteers prepare St. Peter’s Square for Easter morning Mass. (Photo: CNS/Lola Gomez) ...

Experience Good Friday on April 3, 2026, in Kochi. Know about the silent processions, Malayattoor pilgrimage, historic church services, and local traditions.

Two composers are dueling in court in a copyright infringement case this week in Portland over 12 bars of 26 notes in two Catholic hymns. A jury of eight got a quick introduction Monday on how to read ...

Pelicot’s riveting account of her ordeal refuses to conform to any agenda but her own It is a mark of the power and honesty of Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir, A Hymn to Life – a seemingly impossible writing ...

Generation Alpha is targeted in attempt to bring more young people back to church music Gabriella Swerling Social and Religious Affairs Editor Gabriella Swerling is Social and Religious Affairs Editor ...

Songwriters living in ancient Egypt would never have expected the words and melodies they sang would feature on Australian music charts 1,800 years later. But one Australian academic's obsession with ...

‘Hymns that are liked by the people are a good choice, but it’s also important that they convey the Catholic faith,’ said Archbishop Shawn McKnight. Scene from the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress ...

I write this with both love and concern. Love for my Church and its beautiful liturgy, and concern for the quiet, unspoken struggles faced by a group of dedicated individuals who bring that liturgy to ...

On June 17, Father Pierre Nguyễn Kim Long — composer of the iconic “Prayer of Peace” and over 3,500 hymns — passed away at 84. His death is not only a loss for Vietnamese sacred music but the end of ...

A performance worthy of the divine. In 2010, Britain's Got Talent breakout star Susan Boyle lent her magnificent voice to a selection of hymns in honor of Pope Benedict XVI, and her stunning vocals ...