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Dozens joined to pray for the dead during the Mass for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed at Fairfax Memorial Park Cemetery Nov. 2.
VATICAN CITY -- When life is difficult and when one is mourning the passing of a loved one, it is time to pray for the gift of hope and the ability to say with the prophet Job, "I know that my redeemer lives," Pope Francis said.
BERLIN -- Retired Pope Benedict XVI has declined the inheritance of his brother Georg, who died in July, reported the German Catholic news agency KNA.
Let me begin with what I suspect will be a welcome promise — I won’t tell you which candidate to vote for or how I plan to vote. As to the first, by this point in the campaign I suspect that you’ve made your choice. As to the second, I also suspect you don’t care very much how I cast my ballot.
The National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus of the United States has designated November as Black Catholic History Month. It is a special time for the Church in the U.S. to celebrate the contributions of Black Catholics to our faith and to society overall.
WASHINGTON -- The feast of All Souls' Day, when Catholics remember and pray for the dead, has weighted significance this year when so many have died of COVID-19 and the pandemic's restrictions have prevented usual funeral services and final goodbyes in person.
Get to know the diocese’s newest seminarians as the church celebrates National Vocation Awareness Week Nov. 1-7.
Blessed Michael J. McGivney was "an outstanding witness of Christian solidarity and fraternal assistance" because of his "zeal" for proclaiming the Gospel and his "generous concern for his brothers and sisters," Pope Francis said in his apostolic letter of beatification of the founder of the Knights of Columbus.
For 25 years, our country has observed November as National Adoption Month, a time set aside to celebrate adoption and consider how we can support those who are adopted, their birth parents, and their adoptive families.
VATICAN CITY -- Europeans must not see their rich history simply as a fond memory of a time long gone, but they must look to it as a guide to overcoming divisions and challenges aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Pope Francis said.
