Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, who earlier prohibited specific hymns and composers, has now issued a new decree ...

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of the Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, had listed a dozen contemporary hymns to be “forbidden” ...

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City decreed Oct. 28 that a dozen hymns no longer be used at churches in his ...

But, if your mother is a spiritual person and you are looking for ways to incorporate her Christian faith into this special day, you might also consider hymns for Mother’s Day. Mother’s Day is ...

In an Oct. 24 decree, Bishop W. Shawn McKnight listed a dozen commonly used but “doctrinally problematic” Catholic songs that ...

Several popular hymns were found to have deficiencies in their presentation of Eucharistic doctrine ... “We want to foster ...

with great faith and understanding. In the same period, another significant movement affected the hymns of the church: the Methodist movement, led by John Wesley. Wesley and especially his brother ...

The text for this hymn was written in 1779 by the English poet and cleric, John Newton, a former captain of slave ships who found faith after a violent storm at sea. It tells of forgiveness and ...

Several popular hymns were found to have deficiencies in ... such an important part of how we worship God and pass along the faith,” said the priest, who is pastor of St. Thomas More Newman ...