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 ...

While these are not traditional hymns, or even overtly religious songs, these pieces call out social justice issues pertinent ...

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City decreed Oct. 28 that a dozen hymns no longer be used at churches in his ...

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of the Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, had listed a dozen contemporary hymns to be “forbidden” ...

Boberg was a lay minister in the Swedish Covenant Church who later served as a member of the Swedish Parliament. According to ...

Less than a week after the bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, blacklisted a dozen liturgical hymns, he rescinded the decree.

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 ...

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