“Far from being merely decorative, therefore, sacred music is a treasure of profound value. It should always be dignified, ...

Pope Leo XIV has highlighted the importance of sacred music in the liturgy, calling for the Church’s musical heritage to be ...

Music, indeed, is part of the liturgical action and is not merely a decorative part of the celebration,” Pope Leo said at ...

Sacred music has an objective greatness and essential purpose that needs to be rediscovered: that of leading souls to the divine, to heaven and to holiness, says the co-author of a new book interview ...

There's a musical coup in Simon Russell Beale's second series of programmes on Sacred Music for the BBC: an interview with one of the most reclusive but popular composers in the world, the Estonian ...

The project’s founder and some recent participants discuss how ‘sacred music disposes our hearts and souls to encounter Christ in the sacred liturgy.’ Peter Carter directs a schola at Princeton ...

JUDY VALENTE, correspondent: The musical tastes of most twenty-somethings trend along these lines: Beyonce, Maroon 5, and hip hop artist Mark Ronson. But for 28-year-old tenor Gene Stenger there are ...

Ater a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Orleans Sacred Music Festival is making a highly anticipated return for its eighth year. This free, day-long event celebrates spiritual traditions ...

(RNS) — We may notice it more at Christmastime or at the movies, but sacred choral music has the power to move all of us, religious or secular, just about any time. (RNS) — If you’re wondering what ...

Ten years ago, after the Gulf War, two Islamic scholars decided to start an interfaith music festival in Morocco to promote peace. The Fes Festival of World Sacred Music is now a celebrated ...

‘Sacred Light’: Shankar Mahadevan and Ishaan Ghosh reimagine Guru Ashtakam for a global soundscape ...

Wade in the Water is a 26-part series, originally released in 1994, that celebrates African American sacred music and traditions.. Listen to the episodes on NPR.org and NPR One. In 1994, when Wade in ...