O Mother of our Divine Lord, as we conclude this novena for the special favor we seek at this time. (State your intention) We feel animated with confidence that your prayers in our behalf will be ...

Furthermore, one day of the week is set aside for prayers for the dead -Saturday, on which it is customary to have a service for the dead, unless it coincides with a feast, if such is to be served on ...

The Bishops’ Committee for Religious Freedom, an office of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), is encouraging ...

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 ...

They would clean each grave, say prayers ... dead relatives who are on their journey to heaven. In the Philippines, they celebrate Memorial Day and their traditions include praying novenas for ...

Rene Bunsoy, 58, has never prayed for the dead in his nearly three decades of being a pastor. Although it seemed out of the ...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Public Affairs is encouraging Catholics across the country to take part in ...

A priest whose body was found on a beach in East Lothian has been remembered during mass at his parish church. Father Martin Xavier Vazhachira had served at St John The Baptist Roman Catholic ...

Being raised in Gulod has afforded me a front-row seat to some barrio customs about death. What seemed morbid and fearsome to ...

The Christ the King novena will start on Friday, Nov. 15, and end on Saturday, Nov. 23. The bishops have asked the faithful to offer their prayers to Christ the King “for the freedom of the ...