Aleteia Premium

Aleteia Premium

Inspiring Stories

Issues & Implications

Music

Christine Rousselle

Calling all songwriters! The World Youth Day 2027 theme song contest is open

Cécile Séveirac

2 friends bring Byzantine chant to the world on social media

Catholic Music Awards

Christine Rousselle

Here are the 1st-ever Catholic Music Award winners

Anna Kurian

When Mozart proved himself a child prodigy at the Vatican

Pope-Leo-XIV-during-a-mass-with-cardinals-in-the-Sistine-Chape

Christine Rousselle

“Let’s sing with the Pope” uses social media to teach chant

Weng Yirui seated at a piano

Anna Ashkova

How music led a Chinese pianist to the Catholic Church

Nativity scene with lots of animals

J-P Mauro

One last “O Magnum Mysterium” before Christmas is finished

Mathilde De Robien

“Dio vi salvi Regina,” the Marian hymn dear to Corsica

Angelus Silesius monument composer

Ray Cavanaugh

A Protestant doctor who became a Catholic priest and hymn composer

SAINT CECILIA

J-P Mauro

Songs for St. Cecilia, from classics to contemporary

Choir

J-P Mauro

USCCB gives guidance to musicians for Jubilee 2025

VOCES8 "Media Vitae"

J-P Mauro

Contemporary “Media Vitae” rivals beauty of the 14th-century version

Jesus Presented at the Temple

J-P Mauro

VOCES8 sings a hymn pulled straight from Luke

Laura Huval - Sing the Rosary

J-P Mauro

‘Sing the Rosary’: The best new prayer resource of 2024

Sarah Kroger - Galaxies

J-P Mauro

Sarah Kroger keeps releasing great songs in 2024

VOCES8 "Let My Love Be Heard"

J-P Mauro

Composers should study this sublime contemporary hymn

Rachel Holt "I Was Gonna Be"

J-P Mauro

“I Was Gonna Be” made us cry our eyes out

Voces8 Agnus Dei

J-P Mauro

An incredible “Agnus Dei” that began as a piece for strings

Floriani "Anima Christi"

J-P Mauro

Floriani’s “Anima Christi”: A song of beauty and goosebumps

Sacred music

J-P Mauro

Vatican hosts international conference on sacred music

Daily prayer

And today we celebrate...

Prayer for the Morning

Meditation of the Day

Prayer for the Evening

Credible Witnesses

Top 10

Viral Heisman photo shows something the world rarely sees

Viral Heisman photo shows something the world rarely sees

America’s 1st basilica uses lights to show Catholic heritage

America’s 1st basilica uses lights to show Catholic heritage

The surprising symbolism of the baldacchino

The surprising symbolism of the baldacchino

4 Million join Venezuela’s massive Marian procession

4 Million join Venezuela’s massive Marian procession

Pope Leo and the truth behind a saint and the Chicago Bears

Pope Leo and the truth behind a saint and the Chicago Bears

‘Broken Mary’: Kevin Matthews’ miraculous story now streaming

‘Broken Mary’: Kevin Matthews’ miraculous story now streaming

How can prayer help us make crucial decisions?

How can prayer help us make crucial decisions?

Newsletter

Get Aleteia delivered to your inbox. It’s free!