Prayer for the dead is almost a battle with the reality of death and destruction that weighs down upon the earthly existence of man. This is and remains a particular revelation of the Resurrection.

Father David Rivera speaks during a Mass held for All Souls’ Day at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Hammonton, November ...

In a pointedly absurd moment in the novel, Augie March tells of a blind beggar he saw in a Naples seafood market toward the ...

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 ...

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

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

"You … must be perfect," Jesus insisted, "as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Mt 5:48). Without such perfect holiness, ...

Father Martin Xavier Vazhachira had served at St John The Baptist Roman Catholic Church in Corstorphine, Edinburgh, since last year. His body was found on the beach at Dunbar on Friday afternoon.

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

A Catholic priest asked Pennsylvania rally attendees to pray for Donald Trump just moments ... but "fine" and the gunman and ...

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 ...

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