Marian Father Chris Alar of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception, a religious community whose charism includes praying for the dead, stressed that the D.C. tragedy is an important ...

The Church prays for the dead, and this prayer says much about the reality of the Church itself. It says that the Church continues to live in the hope of eternal life.Prayer for the dead is almost ...

he said in an interview. “Their questions torment me.” Gazan health authorities have tallied nearly 48,000 among the dead, without distinguishing between civilians and combatants. We are ...

Kaddish is the Jewish prayer for the dead. On the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz' liberation Michael Goldfarb explores the origins and meaning of Kaddish. How did a prayer for the dead, in which ...

The Portuguese director Tiago Rodrigues’s latest show, “No Yogurt for the Dead,” is based on his dying father’s scribbles but resists sharing much emotion. By Laura Cappelle Reviewing from ...

When a priest has been called to attend a person who is already dead, he is not to administer the sacrament of Anointing. Instead, he should pray for the dead person, asking that God forgive his ...

As we reflect on Jesus’ final journey, we pray for the strength to live each day as people transformed through God’s love. May we radiate God’s love to all our sisters and brothers throughout the ...