The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released 11 songs for its new hymnbook on Thursday, including a translation of a Spanish hymn and a new melody for a familiar hymn.

But in between this all, certain hymns and stotras are believed to change the way a person feels, and give them the strength to persevere through the different problems of life.

Anchor Hymns brought together a community of musicians that was still reeling from the isolation and uncertainty of the pandemic. Some were mourning the deaths of friends and loved ones.

Father Zvonimir Pavicic, OFM, welcomed the recent Vatican recognition of the spiritual phenomenon at Medjugorje as a call to make the recognition more widely known.

Religion News Service columnist Jana Riess discusses how the new Latter-day Saint hymns emphasize that the church is Christian.

(RNS) — Memo from the newest LDS hymns: We're Christians, we're Christians, we're Christians. (RNS) — Many years ago, I was called to be my ward’s Primary chorister. Soon after, the Primary ...

The Vatican has said that the pilgrimage to Medjugorje, a small town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, can yield ‘spiritual benefits’ but refrained from calling the apparitions genuinely supernatural.

DEVOTION arising from alleged Marian apparitions at Medjugorje has been approved by Pope Francis, without a ruling on whether they are of supernatural origin. The town in Bosnia-Herzegovina has become ...

Medjugorje’s Alleged Visionaries: Where Are They Today? In many ways, the visionaries themselves try to live Mary’s messages.

With some prudence, Catholics can benefit spiritually from the messages and spiritual practices associated with the alleged apparitions of Mary in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, said the Vatican ...

The Vatican has issued a cautious ruling allowing the faithful to benefit from the spiritual phenomena reported at Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Cardinal Víctor Fernández, prefect of the ...