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 blanket ban on music by three Catholic ...

How Do the Lyrics of “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” Connect with Christmas? As an Advent hymn, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” articulates the original hope in the coming Messiah and the modern anticipation ...

The new decree still relies on the U.S. bishops' Committee on Doctrine's 2020 document, "Catholic Hymnody at the Service of the Church: An Aid for Evaluating Hymn Lyrics," which was approved for ...

Just days after implementing a formal ban on a dozen “doctrinally problematic” hymns, a Missouri bishop has rescinded his original decree, instead opening a yearlong consultation process to ...

COMMENTARY: The concern for unity among Christians, present from the very origins of the Church, took on particular force in ...

Emmanuel Azubuike, the parish priest of St. Theresa’s Catholic Parish in Obollo ... "We solicit your fervent prayers that he may come back to us safe and sound while trusting in your goodwill ...

These poetic dialogues become hymns and anti-hymns that interrogate the weight of creation. Even birdsong reflects the inherent selfishness of existence (“your cheeps are/ me me me”), and a ...

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, who earlier prohibited specific hymns and composers, has now issued a new decree ...

DENNIS DENNY O’GRADY, KNOWN AS THE VOICE OF THE MAROONS AT DOWLING CATHOLIC, IS BATTLING SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES THAT MAY TAKE HIM OUT OF THE GAME. KCCI MARCUS MCINTOSH TALKED TO O’GRADY AND ...

The Catholic Church has unveiled a new cartoon mascot known as “Luce,” and the raincoat-clad anime girl has already made a splash online. Luce has been embraced and denounced by the extremely ...

Any anthology is a product of its editor’s decisions. In “ 100 Great Catholic Poems ” (Word on Fire, $34.95), editor Sally ...