Faith Thu, 23 Jan 2025 01:50:53 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Angela Saldanha: Prayers for departed needed all year /opinion/guest-columnists/item/30714-angela-saldanha-prayers-for-departed-needed-all-year /opinion/guest-columnists/item/30714-angela-saldanha-prayers-for-departed-needed-all-year

Traditionally, November is the time when we especially remember to pray for departed family members, friends and (maybe) enemies. 

]]> Guest Columns Wed, 20 Nov 2019 12:24:34 -0500 Pope Francis recalls all persecuted Christians at Mass in Catacombs /faith/homilies/item/30625-pope-francis-recalls-all-persecuted-christians-at-mass-in-catacombs /faith/homilies/item/30625-pope-francis-recalls-all-persecuted-christians-at-mass-in-catacombs

ROME -- In what he said was his first visit to the catacombs, Pope Francis celebrated Mass for the feast of All Souls with special words of remembrance for Catholics who still today must worship in secret.

]]> cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) Reflections Mon, 04 Nov 2019 10:14:42 -0500 Mary Marrocco: Humanity is enriched by connection to dead /faith/columnists/item/30581-mary-marrocco-humanity-is-enriched-by-connection-to-dead /faith/columnists/item/30581-mary-marrocco-humanity-is-enriched-by-connection-to-dead

How do we become fertile earth?

]]> marym@catholicregister.org (Mary Marrocco) Mary Marrocco Sun, 03 Nov 2019 07:00:00 -0500 Pray for the dead, gain indulgences for them, cardinal urges Catholics /faith/item/30616-pray-for-the-dead-gain-indulgences-for-them-cardinal-urges-catholics /faith/item/30616-pray-for-the-dead-gain-indulgences-for-them-cardinal-urges-catholics

VATICAN CITY -- The early November feasts of All Saints and All Souls are reminders that God's church exists both on earth and in heaven and that all the faithful, living and dead, can and should pray for each other, a top Vatican official wrote.

]]> cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) Faith Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:50:48 -0400 Feast of All Souls a time to remember, to hope for eternal life, Pope says /faith/homilies/item/28354-feast-of-all-souls-a-time-to-remember-to-hope-for-eternal-life-pope-says /faith/homilies/item/28354-feast-of-all-souls-a-time-to-remember-to-hope-for-eternal-life-pope-says ROME – The Mass for the feast of All Souls is "realistic, concrete" in calling Catholics to remember the people and events of their past, to consider how they live today and to hope for eternal life with God and their loved ones who preceded them, Pope Francis said.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) Reflections Fri, 02 Nov 2018 08:44:23 -0400 Speaking Out: How to make Halloween holy /item/26258-speaking-out-how-to-make-halloween-holy /item/26258-speaking-out-how-to-make-halloween-holy When I was a child, my favourite part about Halloween was stopping at the “magnet ladyƵapp house.”]]> YSN: Speaking Out Fri, 27 Oct 2017 10:00:05 -0400 We are all His own /opinion/item/19143-we-are-all-his-own /opinion/item/19143-we-are-all-his-own

Two days before its crews tidied up the National War Memorial in Ottawa on All Souls Day, Public Works Canada issued an advisory that flowers and other mementos would be removed. 

]]> peterstockland@catholicregister.org (Peter Stockland) Peter Stockland Thu, 06 Nov 2014 10:15:00 -0500