Growing up in a rural village in Ireland in the 50s and 60s, religion controlled every aspect of our lives. Times were hard ...

Ara plays the organ every Sunday at the Armenian church in New York so when you listen to his music you will hear secular ...

Either the organ goes, or he does. Dyson was the organist for a Catholic parish in Connecticut, a job that required her to work on weeke ...

In the Catholic tradition, they wouldn’t use contraception. They chose their wedding date to avoid her ... The bridesmaids sang a hymn for Nate. The couple took Communion before they kissed.

In a poignant tribute to a storied romance, St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Newport ... a live performance of organ music and wedding hymns, and a recreation of the “first dance ...

Stella’s favorite hymn was “Ave Maria,” which was sung at her wedding and will be sung at ... at St. Columbkille Catholic Church with Rev. Bernard Weldishofer officiating.

In the 1940s and 1950s, rosary devotions, rallies, and crusades were part of Catholic life. The rosary was a part of ... which made it "easily given to distractions and weariness." Hymns, readings, ...

The choir and orchestra began the concert with hymns of praise, “Alleluia Fanfare” leading ... The songs of the world included the celebratory Sephardic wedding song “¡Ah, El Novio No Quere Dinero!” ...

Some eight centuries after St. Francis of Assisi composed "Creatures of the Canticle," the manuscript is making its first ...

An unholy argument over a hymn has struck a discordant note in the preparations for the main event of Pope Francis’ trip to ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Little brings more heavenly bliss to the faithful or otherworldly wonder to casual visitors than ethereal hymns cascading amid the columns of Catholic cathedrals. That is ...