The Coventry Cathedral is the birthplace of a Christmas carol featured on the latest season of “Hark!”—America Media’s podcast on the stories behind our favorite Christmas carols.
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Finally, a pop star who understands Catholicism: Rosalía’s triumphant new album ‘Lux’
On “Lux,” the divine and the human are inextricably linked: Rosalía talks about the world by talking about God.
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Taylor Swift has run out of things to say
What happens when the person who’s been yearning for the whole nine yards finally gets everything she wanted?
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NYC choir performs at the Vatican for Pope Leo—in his own words
“It was truly a spiritual moment unlike anything I have experienced before,” Joey Chancey, the director of music for the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in New York City, said.
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Podcast: The Vatican’s first pop concert
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” America Vatican correspondents Gerard O’Connell and Colleen Dulle discuss a historic concert at the Vatican, Pope Leo’s birthday, and excerpts from his first major papal interview.
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The unlikely hip-hop duo performing at a historic Vatican concert
The brothers in the hip-hop duo Clipse are known for rapping about the luxurious highs and the destructive lows of selling cocaine. Not exactly standard homily material.
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After 800 years of silence, the oldest pipe organ in the Christian world plays again
Researchers believe that the Crusaders brought the organ to Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, in the 11th century during their period of rule over Jerusalem. After a century of use, the Crusaders buried it to protect it from invading Muslim armies.
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Fifty years later, Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born To Run’ still speaks to young people
When Bruce Springsteen wrote ‘Born to Run,’ he was only in his 20s, and at a major crossroads in his life.
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The funeral spirituality of New Orleans
The first jazz funeral I saw was in November of 1973. I had never seen such a beautiful event.
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Listening to the Gospels—in the voice of Johnny Cash
When I encounter the Good News as read by Johnny Cash, I encounter it as a living proclamation—not as a dead letter.