On November 2, the Catholic Church commemorates the faithful departed. Praying for the dead is an ancient tradition, asking ...

This is one of the most important promises of our Catholic faith: The dead have not ceased to exist. If we can believe in God ...

Seven Catholic cardinals and 123 Catholic bishops died within the last 12 months. Six U.S. bishops were among the deceased ...

Far from a mere festivity, Halloween calls us to look beyond this world to the eternal one, uniting ourselves in prayer with ...

NO one does a funeral like the Catholics.” It is a comment Fr Bob Harwood has heard more times than he could count. Sometimes ...

Here are prayers prepared by the Catholic Church for Filipinos ... for the annual commemoration of the dead called Undas. In ...

By the 1800s, the Day of the Dead markets in Mexico City were also selling clothing, shoes, furniture, tools, home decor, and ...

The Catholic Church set the day apart for intercession for the souls in Purgatory, when prayers and masses were offered for ...

The deceased cardinals and bishops 'loved the church -- each in his own way, but they all loved the church,' Francis said ...

A fundraiser is being organized for the family of a worker who died Monday after falling from the roof of Gross Catholic High School.

Seven Catholic cardinals and 123 Catholic ... Religious sisters pray during a Mass of suffrage for deceased cardinals and bishops celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica on Nov ...