Prayer for the dead is almost a battle with the reality of death and destruction that weighs down upon the earthly existence of man. This is and remains a particular revelation of the Resurrection.

This is Viaticum, food for the journey. Members of the local Church may wish to join the family in a vigil of prayer. After the person's death, the family is encouraged to continue in prayer ...

"This Christmas carries the stench of death and destruction," said George ... What cruelty," the pope said after his weekly Angelus prayer on Sunday. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar had ...

In India, hundreds gathered at Marina beach in the southern city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu state. They poured milk into the ...