A set of 2020 guidelines from the U.S. bishops, “ Catholic Hymnody at the Service of the Church,” lays out criteria for evaluating whether hymns sung at Mass are accurately conveying the ...

Elizabeth Muturi, center, dances during an Aug. 11, 2019, Swahili Mass at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Edmonton, Alberta. Muturi, who grew up attending Mass in Kenya, said the sights and ...

As Pope Francis visits the Philippines, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) encourages the congregation to learn the songs expected to be played during the papal mass.

'All are Welcome' not a welcome hymn at Mass, USCCB committee says Lawrence OP via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Examples of hymns that offend the presentation of Eucharistic doctrine, they said, include God is Here! As We His People; Now in This Banquet; Let Us Break Bread Together on Our Knees; and All Are ...

Beyond the 289 songs in the Catholic hymnal, the compilation also includes music for Missa de Angelis, Missa Pro Defunctis, Three Memorial Acclamations of the Mass and music for the various songs ...

Pope Francis’ concluding Mass at the Quirino Grandstand in Luneta (Rizal Park) on Sunday will be highlighted by hymns sung in the country’s many dialects and musical forms, in a nod to the ...

In a decree dated Oct. 24, Bishop W. Shawn McKnight listed a dozen commonly used but “doctrinally problematic” Catholic songs that will be “absolutely forbidden” in the diocese after Nov. 1.

The offertory procession for the first Swahili Mass at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Edmonton, Alberta, Aug. 11, featured gifts of pineapples, bananas and other fruits.