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

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.

In the recent Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae , the Holy Father John Paul II once more urged Christian families to pray ... Catholic Church , n. 171). This is also what praying the ...

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

So this is a fitting time to consider Our Lady as “Queen of All Saints” (because that is what she is and we hope to be) and ...

Tis better to buy a small bouquet and give to your friend this very day, than a bushel of roses white and red to lay on his coffin after he's dead.” “Do not resent growing old. Many are denied ...

As part of commemorating the faithful departed on All Souls’ Day, Nov. 2 — traditionally known in countries like Mexico as ...

The month of October is dedicated to the rosary, a Catholic prayer that Christians believe bestows "spiritual roses" upon the Blessed Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, a priest told Fox ...

The joyful mysteries of the rosary ... dead, but we have all experienced the helplessness of birth and infanthood, when we are utterly reliant on the care and kindness of others. When I pray ...

Through his decadeslong tenure at the Los Angeles Catholic Worker, where many have passed away inside the home, Jeff Dietrich has learned more about death than he ever imagined. One of the most ...

A group of Catholics held a Rosary Rally outside the home of Michigan ... "It’s our most sacred sacrament," she said. "So, we came to pray. We came to pray for her, and we are also praying ...

Silent prayer will not be automatically banned in new protected zones around abortion clinics in England and Wales coming ...