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22 hours ago · The literary landmark of All Souls’ Day is the Purgatorio, Like its companions, the Inferno and heaven, it is full of brief portraits of the souls, Dante’s incomparable image-making, and a great deal of doctrine. Here is part of Virgil’s lecture on love in canto xvii:
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All Souls Day. Feast Day: November 2 – CNA. The...
- All Souls Day – EWTN Global Catholic Television Network
1 day ago · Historical Background of All Souls’ Day. The origins of All Souls’ Day date back to early Christian practices. St. Odilo, the Abbot of Cluny in the 10th century, is credited with formalizing the commemoration of the faithful departed by establishing a day of prayer and almsgiving for the deceased in the monasteries of Cluny.
3 days ago · All Souls Day is marked by meaningful Catholic traditions such as attending Mass, offering prayers for souls in purgatory, and lighting candles to remember the dead. Many also visit cemeteries to honor loved ones, often bringing flowers, gifts, and food to gravesites. These customs, deeply rooted in Catholic belief, symbolize hope, prayer, and ...
The Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, is a Mexican celebration deeply connected to All Souls Day. It is a day to honor and remember deceased loved ones, combining pre-Columbian traditions with Roman Catholic practices. Families decorate the graves of the deceased, create ofrendas (altars), and celebrate with food and music, symbolizing ...
3 days ago · All Souls’ Day, together with Halloween (All Saints’ Eve) and All Saints’ Day, formerly made up a triduum devoted to the remembrance of the dead. Now Halloween has largely been taken over by secularism while All Saints is firmly established as a holy day. That leaves All Souls’ Day. Prayer for the souls in purgatory also goes way back ...
22 hours ago · By AC Wimmer. CNA Newsroom, Nov 2, 2024 / 08:34 am. Pope Francis marked All Souls’ Day with a Mass at a Roman cemetery on Saturday, making a special visit to the “Garden of Angels.”. More ...
22 hours ago · All Souls Day. Feast Day: November 2 – CNA. The commemoration of all the faithful departed is celebrated by the Church on November 2, or, if this falls on a Sunday or a solemnity, the feast is celebrated on November 3. The Office of the Dead must be recited by the clergy on this day, and all the Masses are to be of Requiem except one of the ...
