Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, who earlier prohibited specific hymns and composers, has now issued a new decree ...

He also opened a yearlong process of consultation regarding how sacred music can be best used to encourage active ...

In a letter to the editor published Oct. 21, Father Gerald J. Bednar wrote that the Vatican “suppressed this practice in 1964 ...

The synod’s emphasis on governance and structural issues has led to an oversight of essential theological questions about ...

Traditional Latin Mass communities are flourishing around the world with rising vocations and strong Mass attendance but ...

By Deacon Frank Agnoli The Catholic Messenger This is the fourth article in our series about two re-translated liturgical ...

The Archdiocese of Newark honored the dedication and sacrifices of all active, retired and deceased state law enforcement ...

Following the example of a group of British cultural icons, a group of American "Catholics and non-Catholics" and prominent cultural and intellectual personalities asked Pope Francis in an open letter ...

The Syro-Malabar Church insisted the priestly ordination of eight deacons would go ahead despite renewed disputes over the ...

The apostolic administrator in a troubled Syro-Malabar archdiocese in India has warned of “canonical actions” against priests ...

Students at St. Joseph School in Fayetteville witnessed something that not many Roman Catholics get a chance to see, ...

Father Bednar proffered his view that praying the St. Michael Prayer after Mass “ends the liturgy with a private devotion, a ...