Should Catholics sing hymns at Mass? Given the state of Catholic liturgical music, it’s a fair question. In the last century, Catholics exchanged their musical solid food for milk—usually skim and on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Former Vice President of the United States Joe Biden speaking with attendees at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum hosted by Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action at the Iowa Events Center in ...

Born in the year 306, Ephrem lived in Nisibis (in modern-day Turkey), at what was then the border between the Roman and Persian empires. Ephrem was a deacon and a prolific writer, and he is to this ...

On June 17, Father Pierre Nguyễn Kim Long — composer of the iconic “Prayer of Peace” and over 3,500 hymns — passed away at 84. His death is not only a loss for Vietnamese sacred music but the end of ...

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, ...

The hymns of Johann Scheffler / Angelus Silesius have been popular for Protestants and Catholics alike. He was trained as a physician, but his real passion was medieval mysticism. This would bring him ...

This is a listener-supported podcast! Thanks for your help! Music formed the early Christians in faith. It catechized them. Inspired them. Unified them. Healed them. The Fathers—from Ignatius of ...

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 ...