It seems unusual that the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar schedules two major celebrations on days that are ...

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill explains the difference between All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day and why ...

Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” (a) for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no ...

Traditionally, All Saints’ Day on November 1st honors the saints in heaven, while All Souls’ Day on November 2nd is dedicated ...

Not only is there a biblical basis for the teaching on purgatory, but the teaching also makes sense based on the promises contained in Scripture to those who have been called to be saints.

Dia de los Muertos, All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day are marked Nov. 1 and 2. Here's what to know about them and how they ...

I often find myself not only being with Francis in prayer but asking things of him. It is important to question why I do that and why so many others do the same with their deceased loved ones.

Perhaps you’ve seen these words this past year as the Vatican declared a young man named Carlo Acutis, who was born in 1991 and lived to the age of 15, a saint. But what exactly does that mean and why ...

All Saints' Day in the Christian calendar arrives Nov. 1, which is part of the story of how we ended up with the eve of All Saints, or All Hallows in an older English, being Oct. 31. But the core ...