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 ...

So that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire... 1 Peter 1:7 Another commonly misunderstood teaching of the Church concerns Purgatory.

When a person dies the Catholic Church teaches that they face individual judgement, and where they end up will depend on how they have lived their life. Offering a Mass for the dead is praying for ...

excerpt from "The Catholic Prayer Book," compiled by Monsignor Michael Buckley “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever.” — Psalm 136:1 "We thank you, God our ...

Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a ...

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

As a general rule, Methodists don’t practice what I think this question means by “veneration of the dead.” We remember our lost loved ones with love, celebrate their new home in heaven with ...

The Roman Catholic priesthood likewise ... The other occupations of the Lamas are to recite prayers and perform ceremonies to shorten the punishment of the dead and protect the living from the ...

Beginning Thursday, the feast of St. Dymphna, the U.S. bishops invite Catholics to join a nine-day novena for mental health, ...

Two additional people — including a well-known retired Catholic priest who served in Palm Bay — were found dead in Sunday shootings ... of these four lives as we pray for the repose of their ...

In a letter on the anniversary of the October 7 attacks in the Middle East, Pope Francis calls for an end to conflict and a ...