Thanksgiving doesn’t ring in the ear for months on end, unlike another holiday that lies just ahead. Yet readers may remember ...

Here are seven hymns that are relevant to the themes of Veterans Day, such as the desire for peace and the importance of ...

The Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, will implement a formal ban this week on the singing of certain contemporary hymns at Mass because of doctrinal inaccuracies in their lyrics as well as a ...

Vernacular hymns arise early in the Reformation and are given fixed form in English publications like the Book of Common Prayer (1548-59) and Thomas Sternhold s Psalter (1556) or in America the Bay ...

Why it's a good choice: One of the most sung hymns at funerals, this is really a prayer to God to stay with him in death as He did with us in life. Henry Francis Lyte, Vicar of Brixham in Devon ...

For generations, Catholics had to navigate their way around the Index of Forbidden Books. Now, some Catholics will have to do the same with the Index of Forbidden Music, Liturgical Division.

(OSV News) -- Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, Missouri, has issued a decree prohibiting certain hymns due to theological error or their composition by ...

Why it's a good choice: Ideal for baptisms and weddings, this ever popular children’s hymn reminds us of the greatness of God, the Creator. A popular hymn for children hymn and well-known by two ...

Just days after implementing a formal ban on a dozen “doctrinally problematic” hymns, a Missouri bishop has rescinded his original decree, instead opening a yearlong consultation process to ...