We do the poor souls a great kindness by our prayers and pious acts to help speed them on their journey to Paradise.

In Mexico, families typically visit the graves of their loved ones to clean them, light candles, and bring food, drinks, and ...

Pope Francis has paid his respects on Saturday to the “Garden of Angels,” an area in Rome’s third largest cemetery which ...

All Souls' Day, observed on November 2, is a Christian tradition to pray for the faithful departed in purgatory. Celebrations ...

Early in the 11th century, a Benedictine Abbot established All Souls' Day as a day to pray for the souls of deceased family ...

For All Souls’ Day on Nov. 2, Francis will continue his custom of holding a Mass in a local cemetery to pray for the dead, ...

For centuries, the Catholic Church widely observed All Saints’ Day (Nov. 1) as an octave, extending the holy celebration to ...

Pope Francis pauses to pray after leaving white roses at the section of Rome's Laurentino cemetery set aside for miscarried infants on the feast of All Souls, Nov. 2, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) ...

The meaning of All Saints' Day is related to Easter. The festival is characterized by the belief that many people have ...

We pause to bless this number 4, and this plaque which will remain forever a sign of our love for Harry and the beauty of the ...

As Nov. 2, All Souls’ Day, the commemoration of all the faithful departed, nears, we ask the good and merciful Lord to grant ...

We strongly condemn these acts of extreme violence, which have once again plunged families and the entire Chadian people into ...