From the Catholic News Agency:
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 their lyrics as well as a blanket ban on music by three Catholic composers who have been accused of misconduct.
Jefferson City appears to be the first U.S. diocese to formally align its music practices with guidelines issued by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in 2020, which laid out a list of problematic hymns, faulting many of them for falling short in their presentation of the Church’s teaching on the Eucharist.
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.
Most of the hymns were written in the 1980s or 1990s, with the oldest dating to the 1960s.
Below is list of the hymns [sic] and a Mass setting on the “index,” as it were, but Bickerstaff can think of others that ought to be on it and no doubt readers of this blog can as well. Still, it’s a good start. Keep up the good work, Your Grace.
The Taos Tatler 