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

The "rosarium" or rosary indeed has pre-Christian origins. Ancient Rome celebrated the "rosalia," a spring festival commemorating the dead. In Greek tradition, the rose was Aphrodite's flower. It ...

After the vision, the bishop began a rosary crusade, and the fruits have been impressive. Even the president of Nigeria recently noted that the presence of Boko Haram in Nigeria is all but dead.

Then the Rosary, recited in common ... It unites them piously with those absent and those dead. It links all more tightly in a sweet bond of love, with the most Holy Virgin, who, like a loving ...

Customs vary, but can include standard Catholic rituals — including attending Mass and praying for the dead with rosary beads — and folk customs — including cleaning and adorning grave sites ...

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 ...

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

Gerry Faust was Moeller High School's first head coach he was so successful that he made the unprecedented move of going from ...

Olympic athletes are mourning the death of Italian skier Matilde Lorenzi after she was killed in a serious training accident ...

Brazilian Father João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, founder of the Heralds of the Gospel community, passed away November 1 at 85. Since 2019, his community has been under the authority of an apostolic ...

Chicago gangster Dean O’Banion was shot in his State Street flower shot. His murder sparked a fresh round of violence in ...