When the family first gathers around the body, before or after it is prepared for burial, all or some of the following prayers may be used. It is most fitting that family members take part in ...

I urge all of you, children, young people, adults, and the elderly, to participate actively in the common evangelizing ...

It is a recognition that God alone is above all rulers ... were among those invited to lead the prayers. This year, two of the five clergy were Catholic: Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York ...

Pope Francis has expressed his “spiritual closeness to all those affected” by the midair collision of a passenger plane and military helicopter at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington on Jan ...

"In commending the souls of the deceased to the loving mercy of Almighty God, I offer my deepest sympathies to the families ...