All Souls Day Prayer
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Church Church Teaching Death
Group burial of urns provides opportunity for closure for loved ones
By Christopher Gunty- If you have an urn or vessel containing the remains of a loved one sitting on a
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Cremation and the Church
What is the Church’s modern view of cremating the dead, since in the past cremation was considered a pagan practice? Is cremation for the laity only?
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Church Church Teaching Death Question & Answer
Cremation: What’s Allowed, What Isn’t
The Vatican recently issued a document on cremation, outlining what is allowed and what should be avoided. Here are the
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Church Death Question & Answer
May We Scatter Ashes of Our Loved Ones?
We Catholics can so easily forget that we are a more tightly knit community than we think. The Church asks us to be particularly mindful of this when a loved one dies.
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Death Perspectives Question & Answer Shackleton
What is Purgatory Like?
I become confused about the existence of purgatory as a destination for the souls who have not repented for all their
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Church Death Religious Life
Two nuns killed in South Sudan after vehicle ambushed along highway
By Fredrick Nzwili – Two Catholic nuns were shot and killed along a highway in South Sudan on August 16
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Bishops Church Death Obituaries
Polish Archbishop Hoser, doctor, archbishop and envoy, dies of Covid-19
By Jonathan Luxmore – Many Polish Catholics are mourning the death of Archbishop Henryk Hoser, a former Vatican envoy who helped
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Church Death Obituaries
Congolese cardinal, Peace Activist, Dies at 81
Congolese Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, retired archbishop of Kinshasa, a biblical scholar and an activist for justice and peace, died
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