Diocese Bans ‘All Are Welcome,’ Other Hymns from Catholic Masses

Diocese bans ‘All Are Welcome,’ other hymns from Catholic Masses

null / Credit: muzsy/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 31, 2024 / 15:40 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, will implement a formal ban this week on the singing of certain contemporary hymns at Mass because of doctrinal inaccuracies in... [...]

Diocese Bans ‘All Are Welcome,’ Other Hymns from Catholic Masses

Credit: muzsy/Shutterstock Credit: muzsy/Shutterstock In a decree dated Oct. 24, Bishop W. Shawn McKnight listed a dozen commonly used but “doctrinally problematic” Catholic songs that will be “absolutely forbidden” in the diocese after Nov. 1.