Imagine the scene: you’re lying in a wooden box in front of the altar, while your favourite hymn plays in the background. You ...

Selecting music for a funeral is an emotional task, as the right songs can beautifully capture the essence of the person who ...

In the morning Chaplains of the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church and Non-Conformist churches ... "O Valiant Hearts" (to the tune Ellers). The hymn "O God our help in ages past" was sung by ...

Harris was raised in the Black church and says she prays often with her pastor. But her religion is not a dominant part of her message.

With Bishop David Konstant of Leeds, Mgr Nichols contributed to the writing of the moral section of the new Catechism of the Catholic Church ... the melody - it's being sung as the Offertory Hymn at ...

A religious sister holds a rose during the burial of Mother Lucille Cutrone, CFR. (Photo by Jeff Bruno) Our Church ...

The service's opening hymn, "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee," with music drawn ... sang the "Song of Farewell" that is typically sung at the end of Catholic funerals. As the Kennedy family members ...

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

Shawn McKnight listed a dozen commonly used but “doctrinally problematic” Catholic songs that will be “absolutely forbidden” in the diocese after Nov. 1. Most of the hymns were written in ...

Kathleen Watkins lived “the wonderful life”, her daughter told her funeral Mass ... Her life was a hymn of love. She was a woman of empathy and compassion.” Her grandchild Cian O’Byrne ...