Just days after implementing a formal ban on a dozen “doctrinally problematic” hymns, a Missouri bishop has rescinded his original decree, instead opening a yearlong consultation process to ...

“We’re seeking to add more and more hymns—it’s a more robust form of worship,” Kinnally said. “There has been incalculable growth in the singing at our church.” San Diego Reformed is ...

The then leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, had decided to make a private visit to Medjugorje, 16 miles south of Mostar. He knew, of course ...

“Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did.” —St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe Our Lady of Velankanni is largely unknown in the West but she ...

Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen This gospel classic is from Johnny Cash’s 1962 album Hymns From The Heart. Arkansas-born Cash said that when he was 16, he came in from working in the fields ...

1 I begin to sing of Demeter, the holy goddess with the beautiful hair. And her daughter [Persephone] too. The one with the delicate ankles, whom Hadês[1] seized. She was given away by Zeus, the ...

Inspiring hymns and songs, together with uplifting stories of faith from around the UK and beyond.

New Zealand hymn writer Shirley Erena Murray’s life and work is celebrated in a new biography by Anne Manchester: Peace is Her Song. You can hear hymns by Shirley Murray in this week’s programme. Read ...