Susan Tassone is the author of 14 best-selling books, nine of which are specifically on purgatory and considered prime resources on the subject, with the endorsements of more than a dozen cardinals ...

It is our duty to pray especially for the souls of our family, friends and benefactors, and we pray especially for our priests and consecrated religious. We tend to “canonize” our loved ones ...

Women are pictured in a file photo praying on All Souls' Day at a cemetery in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic response measures restrict most gatherings, the Vatican has ...

With the COVID-19 pandemic still underway and with restrictions on gatherings still in place in some countries, the Vatican has again extended the period of time when people can earn a plenary ...

A woman and child place flowers at the grave of a deceased relative on All Souls' Day in Mumbai, India, Nov. 2, 2020. (CNS photo/Francis Mascarenhas, Reuters) When I was a child, I was fascinated with ...

The quirky and macabre second book from Thomson (Half/Life: New and Selected Poems) is rich with breathtaking juxtaposition. In largely one-to-two-page poems, Thomson uses the relics of isolated body ...