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While, naturally, the U.S.-centered Billboard Hot 100 chart mostly contains songs recorded in English, occasionally an international hit will become an inescapable global sensation, dominating the ...

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In early January, Catholic news outlets released a reminder that Catholics are eligible for special indulgences this year. Indulgences are pardons believed to eliminate earthly suffering or time ...

Then, taking some of Scripture's lesser known prophecies, he composed a canticle, or prayer- song of incomparable beauty called "Let the Heavens Be Glad." The canticle is sung after the seven major ..

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Welcome to Westminster Abbey. Daily prayer has been offered in this place for over a thousand years, and your participation in today's service is warmly welcomed. At choral Evensong most of the ...

It was during the 1963/64 season that The Dave Clark Five record Glad All Over reached Number One in the UK Singles chart and – 61 years on – it seems as good a time as any to relate the background to ...

Aaman Devgan and Rasha Thadani will soon be stepping into Bollywood with Abhishek Kapoor's much-anticipated drama, "Azaad". During an exclusive conversation with IANS, the newbies were asked, "It ...