The Church prays for the dead, and this prayer says much about the reality of the Church itself. It says that the Church continues to live in the hope of eternal life. Prayer for the dead is ...

Q: What scriptural basis is there for praying for the dead, for their repose, or for praying to the dead, for their intercessions? And in a related way, what scriptural basis is there for the Catholic ...

When I was a kid, my brother came home from Catholic summer camp singing a dirge that went like this: “Pray for the dead and ...

Purgatory is one of the most profound and consoling doctrines of the Catholic faith, yet it is frequently misunderstood .

Seven Catholic cardinals and 123 Catholic bishops ... Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to pray for the dead and remember Christ’s promise of the resurrection at a Mass offered Thursday for ...

In the Catholic Church, November 2 is the Commemoration ... visiting neighbors to beg for cakes in exchange for prayers to be said for the dead. On All Souls' Day, the Irish would go to bed ...

Seven Catholic cardinals and 123 Catholic ... Religious sisters pray during a Mass of suffrage for deceased cardinals and bishops celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica on Nov.