Tag: All Souls Day
The month for the Holy Souls
Beginning with the feasts of All Saints and Holy Souls on the 1st and 2nd of November respectively, Catholics are encouraged to visit a cemetery and offer a Rosary for the dead.
Mexican Catholics unite faith and tradition for Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead – famed Dia de los Muertos – marks one of Mexico's deepest cultural traditions, dating to pre-Hispanic times, in which people commemorate and commune with their deceased loved ones. Mexicans build altars and visit graveyards for candlelight vigils.
Visited a cemetery lately?
At the beginning of November, our parish priests traditionally remind us that it is a time to pray for the faithful who have died.
On All Souls, pope prays at graves of children, miscarried infants
Pope Francis prayed at the graves of children and of miscarried babies on the feast of All Souls before concelebrating Mass with several hundred mourners.
Vatican extends traditional All Souls Day Indulgences
With the COVID-19 pandemic still underway and with restrictions on gatherings still in place in some countries, the Vatican has again extended the period...
Peter Rosengren: Saints constantly watching over us
They are, presumably, vast in number. Paul, writing to what are usually believed to be Jewish Christians, exhorted his audience to remember that they...
