The family should ask that holy Communion be brought to the dying. This is Viaticum, food for the journey. Members of the local Church may wish to join the family in a vigil of prayer. After the ...

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.

After the funeral for Pope Francis, there are nine days of official mourning. During this period, cardinals arrive in Rome to ...

Roman Catholics across the region have been gathering to say remembrance prayers following the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday. Around 50 worshippers managed to make it to a hastily organised ...

What a humbling feeling it was to have the leader of the Roman Catholic Church ask you to pray for him. While it shocked us in the moment, perhaps it should not have. Pope Francis lived a life rooted ...

Catholics in New Hampshire mourned Pope Francis on Monday after they heard that he had died after suffering a stroke.