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The winners of the Catholic Music Awards were announced on July 27, 2025, at Auditorium Conciliazione in Rome.
First announced in September 2024 as a joint project of the Fundación Ramón Pané of Spain and the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communications, the Catholic Music Awards were created as a type of "Catholic Grammys."
More than 1,400 songs were nominated for this year's awards.
The aim of the Catholic Music Awards is to "magnify, recognize and promote the creativity of all those composers, singers, musicians, producers, engineers and mixers, who have helped to Evangelize through music," says its website.
Additionally, the awards seek to "encourage the production of music with better content, better quality in their productions so that it can reach Catholic Christians to support their music projects."
The award ceremony was held in Rome but was streamed online on YouTube.
Award categories
In addition to the typical prize categories of "Best Female Singer," "Best Male Singer," genre-specific categories, and technical achievement, there were also prizes given for "Best Marian Song," "Best Parish Choir," and "Best Catechesis Song."
During the ceremony, Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, archbishop emeritus of Tegucigalpa, told the crowd that music is an essential part of the process of evangelization.
“Catholic music touches the heart and brings us closer to the love of Christ,” he said.
In addition to the standard slate of awards, there were also honorary "artistic legacy" awards given to recognize the careers of notable Catholic musicians.
These honorary awards were given to Andrea Boccelli, Maestro Alejandro Mejía Pereda; Monsignor Marco Frisina; Martín Valverde; and Matt Maher.
Prizes were awarded to songs in Spanish, English, Italian, and Portuguese. A full list of winners is below. At the website, you can hear many of the songs.
ENGLISH
- Robert Galea – Love You (Best Praise-Worship Song)
- Fr. Giuseppe Pietro Arsciwals – Dominican Blessing (Best Parish Choir)
- Fr. Maximilian M. Dean – Song to Mary (Best Marian Song)
- Debora Vezzani – Mother of God (Best Catechesis Song)
- Mariana BE – New Life (Best Evangelization Song)
- Priscilla Salisbury – Rejoice Greatly (Best Female Singer)
- Luciano Lamonarca – The Song of Saint Pio (Best Male Singer)
- Sarah Hart – All The Earth Alive Rejoicing (Best Album)
- Andrean Peters – Wonderful Love (Best Rock Song)
- Juan Camilo Pérez – Holy (Best Pop Song)
- James J. Wright – Drawn Back to the Table (Best Production Song)
- Gen Verde – We Choose Peace (Best Music Video)
- Francesca LaRosa – My Soul Proclaims (Best New Singer)
- JoEmma Vomvolakis – Be Still (Best English Song)
PORTUGUESE
- Jonny Mendes – Em Tua Presença Senhor
- Maíra Jaber – Espelho de Mulher
- Amor e Adoração – Entre Nós
- Raní Jaber – Jamais te deixei só
- Thiago Tomé – Outro igual não há
- Marcelle Rocha – Mar do Coração
- Cassiano Menke – Água Viva
- Pitter Di Laura – Até Jesus Voltar
- Rosa de Saron – A Rosa e o Espinho
- Albanita Silva – Nada Temerei
- Ziza Fernandes – Coração Errante
- Rosa de Saron – Baile das Máscaras
- Flavio José Ferreira – MIKHA’EL
- Vida Reluz – Justo é o Senhor
- Reale & Ziza Fernandes – No Teu Nome
ITALIAN
- Shout! Koinonia – Maràna tha!
- Kantiere Kairòs & Dajana – Complice a Cana
- Tiziana Manenti – Kyrie Eleison
- Acordis – Una Casa sulla Roccia
- Elena Martelli – Vivi per qualcosa di grande
- Debora Vezzani – Amore in Loop
- Marco Mammoli – Eccomi
- D_Peppe – Vivo
- Reale – Sono Rimasto Vivo
- Reale – Migliore
- Gen Verde – La Via della Pace
- The Sun – Appunti verso la fine del mondo
- Carolina Bongiovanni – A casa da te
- The Sun – Senza te non si può fare
- The Sun – Un buon motivo per vivere
SPANISH
- Nathali Paredes Lozano – Te Pertenezco
- Agnes Choir – Ven a mí
- Ana Noriega Rodríguez – Aquí traigo mi tinaja
- Javier Iván Díaz – Pan del cielo
- Adveniat Banda Católica – La tarde del pastor
- Freddie Chavarría – Dios no fallará
- Blanca Guadalupe Aguilar – Belleza de amor
- Johann Álvarez – Hoy te amo más
- Aisha Ruah – Sal de ti
- Carlos Andrés Ferrera Palma – Jesucristo Salvador
- Aldana Canale – En Ti Confío
- Swing de Fe – Llena de gracia
- Jesús Israel Salas Jurado – Necesito de ti
- Joaquín Francisco Nicolás Chávez – Mi medicina
- Jessica Zuluaga – Qué amor más grande
- Miriam Fernández (Renata) – Ghosting
- Carolina Imperial – Jamás dejaste mi lado
- Zamar Adoración – Poderoso Nombre
- Agustina Baro Graf – Todo te lo doy
The next Catholic Music Awards ceremony will be held in Seoul, South Korea, said the organizers. The World Youth Day will be there in 2027.
This year's awards were given in the lead-up to the Jubilee of Youth underway in Rome.
