The Akathist Hymn, which is chanted on the first five successive Fridays of Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Church, is dedicated ...

It is chanted in all Orthodox Churches throughout the world during the five Fridays in Great Lent and constitutes a very ...

Packed pews, rollicking singing and emotional devotions have marked Lent worship services at Notre Dame d’Haiti, the Catholic ...

Each year, these beloved songs help Christians reflect on the meaning of Holy Week — from the sorrow of Good Friday to the ...

“A Hymn to Life’ will be published in English, in French and 20 other languages in January 2026, British publisher the Bodley Head said in a statement late on Thursday. “I am immensely grateful for ...

Demonstrators hold a poster depicting Gisele Pélicot during an International Women's Day protest in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, March 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Advertisement ...

There are a lot of hymns that are specifically Catholic and others that fall into the Protestant category, and there’s not a lot of cross-pollinating. There are a few hymns that have crossed the ...

Mexican musician Marco López wrote the lyrics and Kiki Troia, an Argentine Catholic singer, did the musical arrangement. The joyful song was performed by New Fire Music Ministry of Chiapas.

The dean of Georgetown University Law Center has rebuffed a Trump administration official who sought to control the Catholic school’s curriculum. That’s not going to happen, Dean William M. Treanor ...

Some believers use this season as an opportunity to take up another spiritual discipline. Here are five traditional hymns commonly sung at church services during the season of Lent, including their ...

The following Sunday, in a display of Catholic church power in the fledgling ... the devout carried rosary beads, singing hymns and praying. Their procession was headed by someone carrying a ...