Here are some tips for selecting the perfect song: Read over the hymn lyrics. Look for songs that have words that speak to you. Listen during church services to see if you hear any especially ...

These chords, lyrics and melodies are pointing toward light ... While these are not traditional hymns, or even overtly ...

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 ...

The document notes that “over the years, concerns have been raised regarding the lyrics of hymns and songs used in the liturgy that may be misleading or lacking in substance.” It gives ...

He was speaking of hymns as an identity around which ... “We’re trying to curate songs that are rich in content, with lyrics that deserve to be chewed on. But with projection, they flash ...

Less than a week after the bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, blacklisted a dozen liturgical hymns, he rescinded the decree.

Now, some Catholics will have to do the same with the Index of Forbidden Music, Liturgical Division. Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City decreed Oct. 28 that a dozen hymns no longer be used ...

Bishop McKnight has recently banned some hymns within his diocese identified ... which noted that the composers of the songs ...

Like the previous decree, it also prohibits the use of hymns by composers who have been found credibly accused of sexual ...

In his original decree, dated Oct. 24, Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of the Diocese of Jefferson City listed a dozen commonly used ...

The Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, will implement a formal ban on the singing of certain contemporary hymns at Mass ...

Emphasizing the formative power of music and its influence on Catholics’ understanding and practice of the faith, that document warns that hymns with inaccurate or incomplete theology can lead ...