The Christian holiday All Saints Day comes every year on Nov. 1. It is considered a holy day of obligation in the Catholic church, said Monsignor Walter Rossi, rector of the Basilica of 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 ...

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.

Today is All Saints Day, the day commemorating every saint, known and unknown, as per the Catholic tradition. Although many of the known saints have their own feast day during the year ...

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 ...

Every year on November 1, All Saints' Day is observed to honor all saints in heaven. It follows Halloween and precedes All Souls' Day, forming Allhallowtide. The day involves visiting cemeteries ...

All Saints’ Sunday: Isaiah 25.6-7, Wisdom 24.1-6; Revelation 21.1-6a; John 11.32-end 4 before Advent: Deuteronomy 6.1-9; Psalm 119.1-8; Hebrews 9.11-14; Mark 12.28-34 TWO different Gospels are options ...

People attend mass at Rome's Verano cemetery on All Saints' Day in November 2015. Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI / AFP Italy celebrates All Saints’ Day, or ‘Ognissanti’, on Friday, November 1st. But how ...