The Gregorian chant, best known as the solemn music sung by robed monks of old, is enjoying a 21st-century revival — and the Twin Cities are at the heart of it this week. Experts and students of the ...

The U.S. bishops voted to approve close to 300 new hymn texts for the Liturgy of the Hours. The Nov. 12 vote was 205-5 with two abstentions. The proposal needed two-thirds of the Latin-rite bishops to ...

The loft in London’s Westminster Abbey, where the choir sits, on April 27, 2024. The Westminster Cathedral Choir is touring the U.S. and visited Pittsburgh on April ...

A modern take on Gregorian chant, four singers, and a stairwell encounter that’s beyond words. Sometimes the most beautiful things are the simplest. Gathered in a resonant stairwell, four men sang a ...

When Koreans think of ‘music’, they usually think of Western classical or pop. Likewise, most Korean Catholics think of religious music as Gregorian chants, masses from classical composers such as ...

Members of the choir sing Gregorian chant during Mass Oct. 8 at St. John the Beloved Church in McLean, Va. Gregorian chant is the singing of the liturgy and its texts are almost entirely scriptural.

I am a cradle Catholic. I was born after the Mass of St. Paul VI was already well established. I grew up familiar with hymns like On Eagle’s Wings and The King of Glory, and I enthusiastically sang ...

Members of the choir sing Gregorian chant during Mass Oct. 8 at St. John the Beloved Church in McLean, Virginia. Gregorian chant is the singing of the liturgy and its texts are almost entirely ...