Not all Christians observe the season of Lent, but for those who do, this 40-day period is often spent focusing on prayer, fasting and repentance. In the weeks leading up to Easter, or Pascha, as they ...

COLOMBO: Careless proofreading led to a Sri Lankan Catholic hymn book including in its list, American rapper Tupac Shakur’s obscene and vitriolic “Hail Mary” instead of the traditional Catholic prayer ...

I did not study at the University of the Philippines, although many of my friends did. But I love the school hymn “UP Beloved” (later “UP Naming Mahal”), composed by Nicanor Abelardo, arguably our ...

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 ...