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Pope Francis prays for deceased popes on All Souls’ Day

November 2, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis prays before the tombs of deceased popes in the crypt beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, Nov. 2, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Vatican City, Nov 2, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Tuesday prayed before the tombs of deceased popes in the … […]

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Pope Francis celebrates All Souls’ Day Mass at military cemetery in Rome

November 2, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Francis visits the French Military Cemetery in Rome, Nov. 2, 2021. / Vatican Media.

Rome, Italy, Nov 2, 2021 / 06:15 am (CNA).
Pope Francis visited a military cemetery in Rome to pray on All Souls’ Day and offered Mass for the faithful depa… […]

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Should Catholics talk to their dead loved ones? 

November 1, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

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Denver, Colo., Nov 1, 2021 / 18:30 pm (CNA).
In the 2017 Disney-Pixar movie “Coco,” the main character, Miguel, accidentally passes over into the land of the dead on Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the D… […]

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On November: All Souls and the “Permanent Things”

October 31, 2021 James V. Schall, S.J. 2

I. A seminary in Ireland, now closed, was dedicated to the training of priests for foreign missions, for strange places such as California. It was called “All Hallows”, that is, All Saints, November 1. Oxford […]

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The vision at Knock and the Holy Souls in Purgatory

November 5, 2018 Father Seán Connolly 12

During the month of November, we are called to increase our devotion to praying for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. To bolster our efforts, we would do well to consider the little known but very […]

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Vote Early and Vote Often: “The Democracy of the Dead”

November 5, 2018 Christopher Carstens 3

In November 2018, citizens across the United States cast votes for local, state, and federal representatives. In every month and every year—at all times—denizens of the Heavenly Jerusalem voice their votes via the Church’s living […]

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All Souls: A day for hope and grief

November 2, 2017 David Paul Deavel 2

The continuing connection of the dead to the living highlights the paradox at the heart of Catholic teachings on death. […]

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