Informally, celebrations of souls are mentioned as far back as 270 AD. White, with an optional gold, is the liturgical color used for All Saints' Day.

All Saints’ Sunday: Isaiah 25.6-7 ... Either Gospel option for this Sunday can speak to both liturgical themes. That should not surprise us; for this breadth of meaning is part of what makes the ...

But one day later, Christians in many countries around the world are celebrating All Saints' Day on Friday, a somber and spiritual day in the church's liturgical calendar that shares pagan roots ...

WARSAW, Poland — It’s the time of year — tradition says — when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is lifted. That traditional belief has morphed over the centuries into ...

1 is the solemnity of All Saints — known more popularly as All Saints’ Day — the day on which ... legitimize the liturgical cult, and thereby canonize the person.” As the decades and ...

WARSAW, Poland — It’s the time of year — tradition says — when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is lifted. That traditional belief has morphed over the centuries into ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — It’s the time of year — tradition says — when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is lifted. That traditional belief has morphed over the centuries ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — It’s the time of year — tradition says — when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is lifted. That traditional belief has morphed over the centuries ...

But on Friday, Christians in many countries around the world are celebrating All Saints’ Day, a somber and spiritual day in the church’s liturgical calendar that shares pagan roots with Halloween.