Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of the Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, had listed a dozen contemporary hymns to be “forbidden” ...

Less than a week after the bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, blacklisted a dozen liturgical hymns, he rescinded the decree.

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City decreed Oct. 28 that a dozen hymns no longer be used at churches in his ...

In an Oct. 24 decree, Bishop W. Shawn McKnight listed a dozen commonly used but “doctrinally problematic” Catholic songs that ...

An organist from the Borders is celebrating her 75th year of playing music at church services. Rita Purves, 88, has lived in ...

The upright piano was old and out of tune, but James Linzey couldn’t resist the urge to stop and touch the keys. Sitting in ...

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

Also problematic were hymns that viewed the church as essentially a human institution ... which noted that the composers of ...

On Tuesday, her remains journeyed from Howth, where she originally lived with her late husband Gay Byrne, to the Church of ...

By Michael J. Brooks. We sang it recently in worship. It’s a beautiful song about the word of God. It was called ...

The Catholic Church has a long and beautiful tradition of music and singing in the liturgy, and of assessing hymns according ...

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