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. Because the ...

On All Souls’ Day, the Catholic Church remembers all those who have died and prays for them in a particular way. But why do Catholics pray for the souls of the dead — not only on Nov. 2 but also on ...

The Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word lead this novena. Re-airs 1:20 p.m., 8:20 p.m. and 1:20 a.m. EWTN In this episode, “Voting: What the Church Actually Teaches,” Marian Father Chris Alar ...

At the Shrine of Our Lady of Montligeon in rural Normandy, workers restore its century-old slate roof and windows. Inside the neo-Gothic basilica, pilgrims arrive and light candles, enroll loved ones ...

The typically quiet Tyler Rose Lawn Cemetery with occasional crow squawks filled with chatter and the sound of scrubbing brushes as Bishop Thomas K. Gorman Catholic School students cleaned grave ...

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 Jesus, and ...