A new 25-foot-high mural that covers the walls of the entrance to St. Patrick's Cathedral and was officially dedicated during Mass Sept. 21 celebrates New York's sacred and secular history.| Catholic Review
After 800 years of silence, the pipes from the oldest organ in Christendom played again, filling the reception hall of Jerusalem's Franciscan Monastery of St. Saviour with the unique sound of the 11th-century liturgical chant, Benedicamus Domino Flos Filius.| Catholic Review
November, being the month of All Souls, is a time when many choirs (ecclesiastical and secular alike) perform music centered on the faithful departed. Local music lovers will have a chance to experience it when the Baltimore Basilica — America’s first cathedral — hosts Nov. 1 at 8 p.m. a one-night-only performance of Mahler’s Titan Symphony and Duruflé’s Requiem.| Catholic Review
The northwestern French city of Nantes waited for this moment for five long years and on Sept. 27, reopened its cathedral after the 2020 arson attack. The church celebrated with local and state officials present, and topped its reopening with ballet dancers flying on the cathedral's square.| Catholic Review
A Catholic high school boys' choir from Chicago made it to the top five on the season finale of "America's Got Talent" Sept. 24, prompting a message of pride and encouragement from Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich.| Catholic Review