This new initiative invites the faithful to raise their voices in song alongside Pope Leo XIV, who has done so himself ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Shortly before Christmas one year back home in Mount Carmel, Pa., ever-eager young Brett Veach intercepted or otherwise discovered a package anticipating his name was on the ...

Shortly before Christmas one year back home in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, ever-eager young Brett Veach intercepted or otherwise discovered a package anticipating his name was on the gift within.

To this day, Gregorian chant remains at the bedrock of the Latin mass, as well as the development of Western music overall. After the organist’s prelude and a hymn for the whole congregation ...

He worked hard and played even harder. His hospitality was legendary; but COVID-19 derailed his superlative annual Christmas party where guests readily succumbed to excellent food, fine wines and ...

Pope Pius’ decree Tra le sollecitudini mandated that Gregorian chants, which emerged in the 9th and 10th ... that can’t be confirmed — that here at the Church of the Gesu for Christmas Eve mass they ...

Making music together for more than 30 years the Estonian performance group Horticus Musicus Latin for Music Garden has distinguished itself as the oldest continuously working ensemble in Eastern ...

The holidays overlap infrequently because the Jewish calendar is based on lunar cycles and is not in sync with the Gregorian calendar, which sets Christmas on Dec. 25. The last time Hanukkah began ...

David Healy's Away in a Manger chant is one of football's greatest Christmas songs Northern Ireland's record scorer David Healy holds a special place in the heart of the nation, so it is ...

BBC Sport asked fans to submit their own favourite festive football chants, with suggestions coming in via Facebook, Instagram and X. 'Merry Christmas, Everton' - Liverpool Alan Woodward ...

The Puritans in England were not keen on Christmas celebrations ... although it may well have earlier roots, as it resembles Gregorian chant, the most ancient kind of Christian music. The Coventry ...