Military Archbishop Offers Prayers for Victims of Edwards Air Force Base Accident
Eight people died in the accident, which is under investigation.
Results from Tag: 'prayers for the dead'
Lawmaker Calls for Allowing Crucifix Symbol on Veterans’ Headstones
Nearly 50 lawmakers, including Rep. Greg Steube, R-Florida, are urging the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to make the change.
At the Bedsides of the Dying: These Sisters Accompany People in Their Last Days
The Servants of Mary, Ministers to the Sick, is a Catholic community of sisters who dedicate their lives to caring for the sick and dying in New Orleans and around the world.
Praying for the Dead: Sweetest of the Spiritual Works of Mercy
COMMENTARY: The Catholic faith does not believe everyone who dies goes to heaven. It does believe that the dead may need our help and that our prayers and sacrifices can indeed help them.
Why Are Fewer Catholics Having Church Funerals?
Despite its enormous significance, skipping a funeral Mass and instead opting for a graveside service or ‘celebration of life’ for a loved one has become increasingly common among U.S. Catholics.
What Is a Catholic Cemetery?
The history of how the cemetery came to represent many forms — religious, civic, military, private — but lost its Catholic heart.
Pope Leo XIV: Death Is ‘a Hope for the Future’
Concluding his homily, the Pope invited those mourning loved ones to turn to the Risen Christ as their sure source of comfort and promise.
The ‘Dark’ Requiem Is Actually a Beacon of Hope: Finding Mercy in the Traditional Funeral Mass
COMMENTARY: Finding Light in the Traditional Requiem Mass
All Souls Day Is a Feast of Our Friendship With the Dead
COMMENTARY: The faithful departed are not distant memories but companions still — God binds us together, even across death itself.
All Souls: Why We Pray for the Souls of All the Faithful Departed in Purgatory
Not only is there a biblical basis for the teaching on purgatory, but the teaching also makes sense based on the promises contained in Scripture to those who have been called to be saints.
