Isaac Watts was an English singer and hymn writer known for shaping early Christian music. He wrote over 750 hymns, many of which are still sung today in churches around the world. His most famous ...

For nearly a century, Christians of all stripes have been raising “The Old Rugged Cross” as a musical standard. Many know the composer was a man named George Bennard. Few, however, realize that his ...

Lift your voices to these rousing tunes. Here are some of the best hymns of all time... From ‘Amazing Grace’, first published in 1779, to ‘The Lord’s my Shepherd’, based on the 23rd psalm, hymns have ...

BOSTON (CBS) – Sunday's mass in Philadelphia is the biggest, most public event of Pope Francis' visit to America, with over a million people expected to pack the city. During the event, the work of a ...

From three little verses in John has come a rich tradition of song and art. Alone among the evangelists, it is John who informs us that "standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's ...

AS they prepared to leave their beloved church, the 500-strong congregation of St George's Tron in Glasgow city centre sang out in unison the defiant words of a hymn by Martin Luther. "These things ...