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 ...

One plenary indulgence — remission of all temporal punishment due to sin — per day is a tremendous gift of the Church, but two in one day is an enormously rare exception granted for this Holy Jubilee ...

October leaves flash gold and red, blowing over streams and roads. The cold November rain transforms the foliage into a damp carpet on sidewalks and forest floors. Our attention turns to hot soup, ...

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 ...

After an October full of activity due to the Synod on Synodality, in November Pope Francis will once again mark the beginning of the month of the dead with special prayers and Masses for All Saints’ ...

Many Catholics may be unaware that they can obtain not one but eight plenary indulgences for departed souls in the first week of November. For centuries, the Catholic Church widely observed All Saints ...