The last time the Catholic church here faced an existential threat was on New Year’s Eve 1935, when the church was set ablaze ...

Listen to the Gettys talk about their favorite Christmas hymns, and then listen to their performance of each one right here on The Podcast.

The hardship of the Great Depression did little to deter the ... “The new building was a larger and finer edifice than the old, and the need to combine efforts generated a spirit of unity ...

The O Antiphons are much more than simple refrains to be chanted before Our Lady’s Magnifcat or to serve as verses in an ...

Teachers would whip out hymn books or set up the old-school overhead projector ... The highlight was belting out the lyrics: ...

The 150 psalms include a great many laments ... It took a century for hymns with new words to start finding acceptance in churches, and even longer for organs to make an appearance there.

This is an old canard, reworked in different dress ... but that it yields a renewed commitment to hymn singing. Great music and great homilies are what fill a church.

Every year at our Vigil of All Saints, we meet people who say: “This is great ... hymn of praise chanted at Vigils on Feasts, Solemnities, and Sundays. We chant it according to the old Dominican ...

Kate Evans While everyone enjoys hearing traditional and modern Christmas songs during the holiday season, many musical ...

The patient was in kidney failure and her immune system would reject a human organ. Scientists hope genetically modified pig ...

Lindsay Hansen Park and her friend have a running joke about how their respective religions are portrayed in popular media.