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. Bishop W.

Program director Michael Roberts demonstrates the Great Catholic Music app for listeners. (Credit: CNS photo/courtesy Chris Cugini, Living Bread Radio.) Listen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Catholics hear hymns ...

‘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 ...

US President-elect Joe Biden concluded his victory speech by reciting his deceased son Beau's favourite popular Catholic hymn "On Eagles' Wings", hoping that the carol will give comfort to many ...

Kate Basi, a liturgical composer and member of the Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Choir in Columbia, Mo., is seen in this undated photo. On June 8, 2022, the Association of Catholic Publishers named her ...

A choir from Fort Portal Diocese sings at the Catholic shrine in Namugongo, Wakiso District, during commemoration of Uganda Martyrs’ Day in 2022. PHOTO/MICHAEL KAKUMIRIZI Francis Muwonge, the ...

Program director Michael Roberts demonstrates the Great Catholic Music app for listeners. Great Catholic Music, an audio web streaming service, is a project of the Living Bread Radio Network, a group ...

Maria Solis is at home with the sprawling, diversity of Catholic liturgical music in the United States. Growing up bilingual in Texas, she saw the eclectic cultural influences of music at Mass, and, ...

Inspired by the shrine’s history and mission, the new hymn invites pilgrims to reflect on Our Lady’s message and maternal protection. Choir members rehearse the new hymn honoring Our Lady of Champion, ...

Members of the Fil-Am Choir from St. Gregory the Great Parish in Virginia Beach, Va., sing the offertory hymn during a Jan. 18, 2020, Mass. The U.S. bishops' doctrine committee, in a forthcoming ...

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 ...

On a January morning in 2022, the basement of Church of the Redeemer, an Anglican church in a quiet Nashville neighborhood, smelled like food for the first time in months. Someone was preparing a meal ...