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.

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 ...

No matter the language, Maria R. Nieva is pleased to greet the Blessed Mother in song. Nieva, a music minister in Our Lady of ...

Several hymns were temporarily banned last year in the Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, after being found “to be insufficient in sound doctrine,” with the action raising questions about what music ...

Singer Colleen Nixon and pianist Jimmy Mitchell perform as Marian Grace, introducing contemporary audiences to old Church classics in a contemporary way. They were recently featured on EWTN’s Life on ...

As a lifelong member of the Catholic community, I have a question for Cleveland Bishop Edward C. Malesic. Why do we sing the hymn, “All Are Welcome” in church on Sundays? To quote Inigo Montoya in ...

Mary Anne Tupa has rarely skipped a beat in six decades of playing piano and organ during Sunday Mass at Grand Forks' Holy Family Catholic Church. The only time Tupa, 94, has taken a break from ...

CHICO — I grew up attending a Catholic church and for 18 years, this was basically my only experience with houses of worship. Catholic church services are very solemn, quiet and traditional. There’s a ...