The Church grants a plenary indulgence just for visiting a cemetery during Nov. 1-8 and praying for the dead. All we need to ...

This picture taken on October 26, 2019, shows Thai Catholics of Vietnamese descent praying to a statue of the Virgin Mary at the Phra Mae Prachak Church in the central Thai province of Suphan Buri, ...

We Americans admire people who do the big things. The ones who win the most Super Bowls, run the largest corporations, gross the most at the box office. We Catholics like our saints big as well — ...

From time to time we see Catholic writers commenting on the lives of recently passed persons, and other times sharing insights from those who are still living, and neither of which might be Catholic.

Some of my non-Catholic friends find prayer to the saints ooky. They ask me, "Since when is talking to a bunch of dead guys Christian?" Since biblical times. Consider Moses. He had been a dead guy for ...

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Saturday enjoined Filipinos to observe All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days with prayer and reflection, urging them to draw inspiration from the legacy of the departed ...

Families across Lafayette are invited to take part in an All Saints’ Day service honoring loved ones with a special blessing ...

The historic Christian practice of asking our departed brothers and sisters in Christ, the saints for their intercession has come under attack in the last few hundred years. Though the practice dates ...

This is in reaction to a religious advertisement titled “Worshipping God in Spirit and in Truth” (Page A3, 6/4/15). Since it adverted unfavorably to some Catholic practices, allow me, as a Catholic, ...

Christians are never alone in prayer but instead are accompanied by myriad saints who protect them and seek God's intercession, Pope Francis said. Whenever men or women open their hearts to God, they ...