Parishioners in Mexico City, Mexico, celebrate one of the country's most profound cultural traditions, Day of the Dead, on ...

The Church grants a plenary indulgence just for visiting a cemetery during Nov. 1-8 and praying for the dead. All we need to ...

In his Angelus address on Friday on the solemnity of All Saints, Pope Francis spoke about the “identity card” of the Christian. Referring to the Gospel passage for the day, the beatitudes from the ...

For All Souls’ Day on Nov. 2, the Holy Father will continue his recent custom of holding a Mass at a cemetery to pray for the dead. Pope Francis delivers his Sunday Angelus message to about 20,000 ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday told pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square that holiness is both a “gift” from God and a “journey” to which we must “commit” ourselves after we’ve received it. The Holy Father ...

Pope Francis pointed out the saints he likes to call “the saints ‘next door,’ the everyday ones, hidden, who go forward in their daily Christian life.” Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St.