Several hymns were temporarily banned last year in the Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, after being found to be ...

NORWALK -- Parishioners of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church assembled in a courtyard Sunday morning to witness the blessing of palm fronds by a priest in a traditional Latin-language rite, accompanied ...

The setting: a suburban Michigan parish. The agenda: a crash course in Gregorian chant as well as posture, breathing, and other elements of sacred choral music. The attendees: youth ages 8 to 18.

The U.S. bishops voted to approve close to 300 new hymn texts for the Liturgy of the Hours. The Nov. 12 vote was 205-5 with two abstentions. The proposal needed two-thirds of the Latin-rite bishops to ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A previously undiscovered musical arrangement by Ludwig van Beethoven was performed for the first time at a British university on Thursday. The two-minute long piece is an organ ...

It's not exactly the "Ode to Joy," but a new hymn believed to be by Beethoven has surfaced in Berlin. An English academic found the the 192-year-old piece in a sketchbook. Barry Cooper found the ...