The family should ask that holy Communion be brought to the dying. This is Viaticum ... wish to join the family in a vigil of prayer. After the person's death, the family is encouraged to continue ...

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.

All faiths offer meaning and explanations for death and dying; all faiths try to find a place for death and dying within human experience. For those left behind when someone dies religions provide ...

John C. Reilly and Johnny Flynn look contemplative in this first look image from "A Prayer for the Dying," the survival ...

Almost everyone has at least some fear of dying. Maybe it’s a fear of the unknown. Maybe it’s a fear of suffering. As we as a Church pray about the passion and death of Our Lord during Lent ...