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

The Church prays for people who have taken their own lives” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2283). The other day I slipped into a church to say some prayers. After my prayers in front of the ...

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 ...

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

St. Monica Widows Group was started in 1984 in the areas served by the Archdiocese of Kisumu in Kenya to help Christian ...

which dumped torrential rain on mountain communities there leaving serious damage and dozens dead. A Catholic Charities truck assists with relief efforts at Immaculata Catholic School in ...

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

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

"We are going to prove to our region, to our state and to our nation, how strong a people we are," Erwin, Tennessee, Mayor ...

As we approach the anniversary of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in Israel, ‘America’ takes a look back at our coverage of the ...

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