On Christmas Eve 1818, in the church of St. Nicholas in Oberndorf near Salzburg, “Stille Nacht” (“Silent Night”) was sung for the first time. Today, the carol has been translated into some 300 languages.

Rasha Nahas: “The story I bring with me being a Palestinian artist born in Haifa.”

This extraordinary episode has much to teach us.

Bob Dufford, S.J., started writing “Be Not Afraid” when he was, well, afraid.

In “Springsteen on Broadway,” song, story and storyteller merge.

Gambino’s new video for ‘This is America’ is an experience of radical interruption, one that O’Connor would have appreciated.