All Saints' Day is an ancient holy day on the Roman Catholic calendar. It was officially started by Pope Boniface IV in 609 A.D., who also established All Souls' Day. All Souls' Day, unlike All ...

Believers come together to celebrate continued communion with saints through the ages ... It’s preceded by All Hallows' Eve on Thursday, Oct. 31, and followed by All Souls' Day on Saturday ...

As they clean up costumes and candy wrappers, some religious families are moving directly from Halloween festivities into more somber religious events. Halloween on Oct. 31 is immediately followed ...

Nov. 2 was originally chosen as the date in order that the memory of all the holy spirits, both of the saints in heaven and the souls in purgatory, should be celebrated on two successive days.

Pope Francis prayed for peace, hope, and mercy at a Mass to mark All Souls’ Day on a rainy morning at the Rome War Cemetery. “Today, thinking of the dead, cherishing the memory of the dead and ...

The name of the festival, which takes place on 31 October, has changed since being incorporated as part of the Christian holiday All Saints' Day, to become All Saints' Eve or All Hallows' Eve ...