But Dom Prosper Guéranger, the world-famous liturgist, refounded the abbey in 1833. With the approval of Pope Gregory XVI ... of the liturgies, using Gregorian chant to pray the psalms in Latin.

Saint Jude’s Parish in Cité Gendarmerie, a residential area in the Senegalese capital of Dakar for military families, has become famous for Gregorian chant ... for Saint Gregory the Great ...

The ceremony, with Gregorian chants and Latin verses ... Michelangelo's Funerary Monument for Pope Julius II, with his famous statue of Moses, ended up being installed in Rome at the church ...

The funeral of Pope Francis will take place this Saturday 26 April ... The rites, formed around the Requiem Mass, incorporate liturgical music, including sublime Gregorian chant, hymns and sacred ...

Pope Gregory I was the Catholic leader who in the late 500s stylized "Gregorian Chant" – a tradition still present in many Catholic churches today. Born wealthy, Gregory I later gave up his ...

The famous ‘white smoke’ bellowing from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel signals the election of a new Pope. The tradition signals to the world that the conclave has reached a decision on who ...

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 ...

There’s a famous story that when Gershwin ... gentle St. Francis), and the fourth represents Pope Gregory I and includes quotations from Gregorian chant. Respighi, like Ravel and Ibert, was ...

In this century, famous American Catholic converts often ... noting that aspects such as architecture, Gregorian chant and the church's teachings, as well as encounters with a kind priest, often ...

One might think that something called “plainchant” or “plainsong” would not furnish much to talk about; after all, its very name says it’s plain and it’s chant. In reality, Gregorian ... By the time ...