Catholics pray for the souls of the dead, rooted in scripture and tradition, to help them attain the beatific vision.

Members of the local Church may wish to join the family in a vigil of prayer ... dead, and is now seated at the right hand of the Father? R. I do. V. Do you believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy ...

What is your viewpoint on "veneration of the dead"? As a general rule, Methodists don’t practice what I think this question ...

We should not despair of the eternal salvation of persons who have taken their own lives. By ways known to him alone, God can ...

SINCE the days to remember departed loved ones are fast approaching, Cebu City Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia has created an ...

In North Jersey, church weddings are becoming as obsolete as the garter toss. What could bring them back in fashion?

During the service, family members of the lost Impact Plastic employees honored their loved ones by lighting a candle and ...

Winnie Dortch, a reporter for Cleveland station WOIO is recovering from surgery after a man shot her before turning a gun on ...

By Gina Christian, OSV News The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has called for "fervent prayer" to end the violence in the Holy Land, as the Israel-Hamas war nears its first year ...

Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy, has died at the age of 96. She died "from complications related to a stroke ...

The history of Halloween goes back at least 2,000 years, to the Celtic pagan festival of Samhain (pronounced “sow-un”).

But Halloween is only one of many festivals around the world that focus, in one way or another, on the darker aspects of life ...