IONIA -- The chords flow light and lilting from Mary Cusack's keyboard. Then follows the voice of her daughter, Caitlin, praising God like a teenage angel. "Alleluia, alleluia," Caitlin sings, her ...

Leonard Cohen was a famous Canadian singer, songwriter, and poet born in 1934 in Montreal. He loved writing from a young age and started with poetry before becoming a musician. His songs are known for ...

In November 1986, St. John Paul II visited various places in the South Pacific. In a message he gave during the Sunday Angelus prayers at Adelaide, Australia, the Pope said, “We are an Easter People ...

Grant Gershon conducts the Los Angeles Master Chorale in Rachmaninoff's "All Night Vigil," in which Hallelujah takes on an intimate, mystical quality. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) It ...

Charles Wesley’s ‘Christ the Lord Is Risen Today’ brings alleluia’s historical significance to modern audiences. Long before I ever understood Christ's atoning sacrifice or appreciated his glorious ...

If you’re Catholic, you’ve likely heard the famous Easter quote from Pope St. John Paul II — “We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song!” Did you know that he said this not at Eastertime, but ...

Hallelujah? Holy Saturday: the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday followers of Christ are left with the emptiness and grief that follows the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It is “not yet” Easter.

ST. LOUIS — “I wanted to bring Easter to the forefront, and I wanted Easter to be exciting for others,” says Karen Mesler, Founder of Alleluia Baskets. It was an idea that first dates back to 2004 ...

Sometimes I feel like a tiny bird with an injured leg from an encounter with the claws of a crazed cat. I know how lucky I am to be here and how much worse things could be; yet, still, I carry a limp ...

ST. LOUIS — “I wanted to bring Easter to the forefront, and I wanted Easter to be exciting for others,” says Karen Mesler, Founder of Alleluia Baskets. It was an idea that first dates back to 2004 ...