“In contrast to popular culture’s observance of Halloween, even the customary appeal to the ‘frightful’ has a devotional meaning in the Catholic tradition. Props such as skulls and scythes ...

In October 2019, Word on Fire CEO Father Steve Grunow said that the Catholic Church cannot respond with silence to what he described as “an appropriation of the festivities of Halloween by ...

Irish priest Father Richard O’Connor is encouraging Catholic schools to lead the way in getting back to the "true meaning" of Halloween. Fr. O’Connor, who is a priest of the Diocese of Kerry ...

I am no longer a Halloween snob. I love it. First, there was a throwaway remark from a Catholic theologian I was chatting to in Durham. We were taking a look at the cathedral’s bookshop ...

The Dance of the Dead (2021) : Throughline Halloween — the night of ghost stories and trick-or-treating — has religious origins that span over two thousand years. Over time, the Catholic ...

While most people now associate Halloween with trick-or-treating and dressing up, the Catholic Church has previously taken issue with the holiday's association with the occult. In 2014 ...

(Halloween is a contraction of “all hallows ... goons and goblins but of lives of heroic virtue and service. The Catholic Church, where the holiday originated, has a formal process for ...

Last Halloween, Erin posted on her Instagram account ... Erin is one of a number of traditional Catholic women joining the #tradwife movement, which first began over a decade ago with the ...

FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - Catholic Charities of Shiawassee and Genesee County is giving away free Halloween costumes to the community. Catholic Charities says that any family in their system can stop ...