Music and Faith

Carl DeSantis

Father Richard R. Andre, C.S.P.

Ann Amarr

Alessandro Bianchi

Arthur G. Carvajal

Christian Catsanos

Mary Helen Colleli

Seon Hwan Chu

Enzo De Rosa

Kelly Dobbs-Mickus

Donal Noonan

John Eskola

Paul French

Shaun Garrison

Denis Grady

Eric Hollander

Orin Johnson

Jeff Klepper

Aurelio Porfiri

Marco Lo Russo

Father Ricky Manalo, C,S.P.

Paul Mason

Jason McFarland, PhD

Donal Noonan

Anna Nuzzo

Deborah Roberts

Kent Tritle

Marco Lo Russo, Made in Italy in Mexico

Marco Lo Russo best soundtrack award Angel Award Monaco International Film Festival

Pope: ‘Music can give hope, even amid difficult times of war’
 by Devin Watkins Vatican News

Mozart’s Musical Genius & His Catholicism
 by Dave Armstrong Patheos

Sacred Music & Art
 by USCCB

"Music brings me closer to God"
 by Daniel Opus Dei

A Strange Case: The Clash’s drummer-turned-chiropractor on music, healing, and his return to Catholicism
 by Thomas V. Mirus Catholic Culture

Rush drummer marched to his own beat of faith
 by C.S. Morrisey B.C. Catholic

New Christian Music Generator Taking The Industry By Storm
 by Matthew Distepano Patheos

Beyond CCM: Finding God in Secular Music
 by Stephen G. Adubato Patheos

How to Make a Beautiful Hymn Less Beautiful
 by Jonathan Aigner Patheos

Scared of a solemn hymn? Dropping Mahatma Gandhi's favorite hymn is another move by Narendra Modi to bury India's pastJohn
 by DayalJohn Dayal Religion News Service

Five years after his death, Leonard Cohen is more than ever a man for our times
 by Marcia Pally Religion News Service/National Catholic Reporter

Leonard Cohen’s Holy and Broken Hallelujah
 by Guest Contributor Patheos

God’s Plan by Drake
 by David J. Inczauskis, S.J. The Jesuit Post

Theological Problems of Church Music
 by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Sacred Music

Things Get Broken .Leonard Bernstein’s ‘MASS’ at Fifty
 by Stephen Schloesser, SJ Commonweal

A Song for Discerning to take that Leap of Faith
 by Philip Nahlik The Jesuit Post

Pueri Cantores youth choirs worldwide make joyful noise unto the Lord
 by Patricia Lefevere National Catholic Reporter

Wow Beautiful Song by Franciscan Friar inspired by Saint Mother Teresa...to Share with your Friends!
 by Catholic News World

A Song for Discerning to take that Leap of Faith
 by Philip Nahlik The Jesuit Post

George Dennehy: “That armless guy” sharing hope and faith through music
 by Annalisa Teggi Aleteia

From the Beatles to Blackpink, a priest’s life in music
 by Tom McCann C.M.F.U.S. Catholic

Music is fundamentally joy, says this professor of music
 by U,S Catholic

A teacher finds grace in a young rapper’s music
 by Kevin P. Considine U.S. Catholic

Countercultural Catholic Composer Strikes Sacred Chord in Music. Sir James MacMillan, the foremost modern British composer and a forthright Catholic, says ‘music is the perfect art form to bring people together to see a better world.’
 by K.V. Turley National Catholic Register

Gregorian Chant as a Paradigm of Sacred Music
 by William Mahrt Sacred Music

Meet a Catholic Composer at the Cutting Edge, Mark Nowakowski is part of the musical ‘Catholic Renaissance’ underway.
 by K.V. Turley National Catholic Register

How Billie Holiday’s religious childhood shaped her legacy
 by Heather King The Crux/Angelus

Pope Benedict XVI Praises ‘Glorious Music’ of Bach in Festival Message
 by Catholic News Agency/National Catholic Register

Band of Religious Sisters Evangelize Through Music During Pandemic
 by New Evangelization Television (NET)

Priest hopes being in spotlight at Groban concert can inspire good
 by Gabriella Patti Crux

Jesus Found Me off-Broadway in Row K
 by Jake Braithwaite, SJ The Jesuit Post

Music performance allows contemplation on sex abuse crisis
 by Sarah Salvadore The Catholic Reporter

In Iceland, composer and Polish Carmelite sisters turn saints' poetry into music
 by Zita Ballinger Fletcher Global Sisters Report

Pope Francis sings the praises of Gregorian chants
 by Deacon Greg Kandra Patheos

She was buried in a mudslide that killed her father and brother. Singing has been her salvation
 by Catherine Saillant TheLos Angeles Times

Singer-songwriter trades in secular success to share his faith in music
 by Blanca Morales Crux

Q & A with Sr. Linnet Antony, bringing people to God through music
 by Philip Mathew Global Sisters Report

Italian composer fears church music in crisis
 by UCANews

Il Volo: Hear the moving Ave Maria that they sang at the WYD in Panama
 by Aleteia

Catholic composer to debut arrangement dedicated to his mentor
 by Dan Russo Catholic News Service/Crux

From Punk Rock to Faith: “Christ Has Changed My Life”
 by Deborah Castellano Lubov Zerit

The Enduring Catholic Imagination of Bruce Springsteen
 by Brian P. Conniff America

"Be Not Afraid”: The song that eases the biggest transitions in and out of life"
 by Coleen Dulle America

To find God’s revelation, one can turn to music
 by Terrance Klein America

Wow Priest Composes Music for Mass "Missa lucis" for Orchestra and Choir
 by Jesus Caritas Est Catholic News World

Music: Through The Eyes Of Faith
 by Harold M. Best
 Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism

Broken Silence
 by Craig Shepard
 Commentary by Maggi Van Dorn America

The Journey: A Guide for the Modern Pilgrim
 by Maria Ruiz Scarperlanda and Michael Scarperlanda
 Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism

The Way to Manresa: Discoveries along the Ignatian Camino
 by Brendan McManus SJ
 Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism

We the People in Their Own Words
 by Judge Mark T. Boonstra
 Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
 by David Graebaer and David Wewgrow
 Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism

The Parable of the White Fang
 by David G. Smithson, M.D.
 Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism

Bernard of Clairvaux: An Inner Life
 by Brian Patrick McGuire
 Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism

Where Angels Pass
 by Ellen Gable
 Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism

Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear
 by Michael O’Loughlin
 Reviewed by Jake Braithwaite, SJ The Jesuit Post

The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness
 by Greg Boyle, S.J.
 Reviewed by Mary Gibbons America

The veil of silence. Abuses, violence, and frustrations in the religious life of women (Il velo del silenzio. Abusi, violenze, frustrazioni nella vita religiosa femminile
 by Salvatore Cernuzio
 Reviewed by I.Media Aleteia

Toni Morrison's Spiritual Vision: Faith, Folktales, and Feminism in Her Life and Literature
 by Nadra Nittle
 Book Excerpt by National Catholic Reporter

Handing Down the Faith: How Parents Pass Their Religion on to the Next Generation
 by Christian Smith and Amy Adamczyk
 Commentary by Independent Catholic News

Dear Evan Hansen
 by Carl Kozlowski
 Reviewed by Carl Kozlowski The Catholic World Report

Run and Hide
 by Pankaj Mishra
 Reviewed by Murtaza Hussain The Intercept

Shelter Theology
 by Susan Dunlap
 Reviewed by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service

Vivaldi opera gets premiere in Ferrara nearly 300 years late
 Reviewed by Nicole Winfield The Associated Press

Adventus
 Commentary by Aric Serrano, SJ The Jesuit Post

​We Go High
 Reviewed by David J. Inczauskis, S.J. The Jesuit Post

​Dialogues of the Carmelites
 Commentary by Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J. America

​Leonard Bernstein’s liturgy for the world
 Reviewed by Kevin McCabe America​

The Vision for You. The death-haunted music of Phoebe Bridgers
 Reviewed by Jack Nuelle America

​Western Stars
 Reviewed by Bill McGarvey America

If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
 Reviewed by Jessica Gerhardt National Catholic Reporter

Tell Me Who I Am
 Commentary by Timothy Bishop, SJ The Jesuit Post

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song
 Reviewed by Rob LeDonne The Guardian