Catholic funerals express the Christian hope in eternal life and the resurrection of the body on the last day. Every component of Catholic funeral rites should express these fundamental ...

How does an unbeliever like me end up in a place that, according to my cohabitants for seven nights, lies closest to God?

Archbishop Paul Ssemogerere of Uganda's Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala has encouraged the people of God in Jinja Catholic ...

The Apostolic Nuncio in Ghana has cautioned the people of God against practices that strip the Christian burial rite of its true spiritual meaning, urging them instead to mark it with dignity, ...

Members of the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal fill the pews at Saint Michael Church, Atlantic City, on Oct. 27 ...

Many friends gathered at the church of Our Lady Help of Christians in Kentish Town, north London yesterday, for the funeral ...

For your faithful people, Lord, life is changed, not ended.” (Funeral Liturgy, Preface for the Dead) Remembering as an act of ...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer As one of the 12 Mon Forest Towns in the Monongahela National Forest, the town of Durbin was host to the quarterly MFT meeting last Wednesday at Rustic Roots Bar and Grill ...

Pope Leo XIV on Monday presided over a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in suffrage for the late Pope Francis and for deceased ...

As Christians visit cemeteries on the feast of All Souls and remember their loved ones who have died, they do so with faith ...

This is the text from Pope Leo XIV’s homily pronounced at the Mass for the Jubilee of the World of Education and proclamation of St. John Henry Newman as “Doctor of the Church” on All Saints Day, Nov.

Pope Leo XIV declares St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church, quoting from the saint's famous hymn, "Lead, Kindly Light," and holding him up as a model for educators.