If you’re anything like me, Pope Francis’ recent visit to a record shop in Rome probably has you wondering: What might the vicar of Christ’s Spotify playlist look like?

Christmas is a season of blessing. So do not put away the carols (or the lights) until you have to.

“Silent Night” is a song that seems to inspire the imagination in so many ways.

“O Come, All Ye Faithful” is a song almost everyone knows. But where did it come from, and why is it so popular?

You might call it the Walmart of hymnals. It doesn’t drill down into any one category. It doesn’t specialize. But it covers most of the bases that most parishes and parishioners would expect.

Eric Krewson and the band he headlines, The Chairman Dances, wrote a song that celebrates the friendship of Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin. And that song will shortly be on its way to the Vatican.