Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, Missouri, has issued a decree prohibiting certain hymns due to theological error ...

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 ...

The word "akathistos" means "not sitting," i.e., standing; normally all participants stand while it is being prayed. The hymn is comprised of 24 stanzas, arranged in an acrostic following the Greek ...

On Oct. 9, in collaboration with The Drake and the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Fine Arts Center, artist and ...

Cairo has become home to several groups of Sudanese diaspora musicians, refugees from war who are forging community and ...

If America had a national folk hymn, Amazing Grace would probably be it. This well-loved and often sung hymn, written by John Newton in the late eighteenth century, is a powerful assurance   of the ...

He went on to explain that it was a corrupted portmanteau of the German schlim (meaning “slim”) and the Hebrew mazzal ...

We asked our panel of distinguished faith leaders of the region the following question: Should worship music be contemporary, ...

Being a prolific international figure himself, or rather “Hymn-self” as his solo moniker ... in protest of their own impoverishment.” These words, for all intents and purposes frame the ...

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