It was established by St. Odilo, a Benedictine abbot of Cluny, around 1030. All Souls ... in purgatory. In addition to attending Mass, some light candles, offer alms, do deeds and decorate the graves ...

This is a bronze coin titled "Dante before the Mountain of Purgatory [reverse], late 15th century." (OSV News photo/Samuel H. Kress Collection via National Gallery of Art) “This mountain’s of such ...

All Souls' Day — as it is called — finds its origins in the Christian affirmation that in death life is changed, not ended, and that our relationships continue regardless of death's seeming ...

Hartmayer celebrates Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Atlanta June 18, 2024, during the Catholic Media Conference. Archbishop Hartmayer has called on all Catholics to counter -- with prayers of ...

St Mary's Church in Saffron Walden is holding an All Souls Day service for bereaved people to remember their loved ones. The service will take place at 4pm on Saturday, November 3, and is an ...

A former ticket office employee at Purgatory Resort has been sentenced to two years probation for embezzling more than $15,000 from the ski area, according to court records. Tyler Hollingsworth ...

“This mountain’s of such sort that climbing it is hardest at the start; but as we rise, the slope grows less unkind.” The speaker is the Roman poet Virgil, Dante’s companion and guide in scaling the ...

With two weeks left until Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris has made visiting churches an integral stop along the campaign trail, urging voters to cast early ballots as part of her “souls to ...

Warm Souls. From Logan to St. George, more than a dozen charitable organizations benefit from the clothing drive. "The children just light up with excitement when they get a warm coat to wear to ...

That leaves All Souls’ Day. Prayer for the souls in purgatory also goes way back. But only in the 11th century did St. Odilo, abbot of the great abbey of Cluny in France, establish All Souls as a ...