Tag: death
Palm Sunday
Throughout Holy Week, the final week of Lent, Catholics pray and reflect on the events leading up to and during the Passion, Death, and...
The Order of Catholic Funerals
The Catholic Church has a ritual for when someone dies called the Order of Christian Funerals. The focus of these funeral rites is on...
Hell
When the human body and soul are separated at death, the body remains on Earth while the soul undergoes particular judgement to determine where...
Purgatory
The souls of the dead who are in God’s grace but in need of final purification go through a state called Purgatory. By his...
Death, Judgement, Heaven, and Hell
At the end of human life, everyone will experience death, judgement, and eternity in either Heaven or Hell. These are known as the four...
All Souls Day
The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, also known as All Souls Day, is a holy day devoted to remembering deceased loved ones and...
The Problem of Evil
The presence of evil in the world causes some people to question God’s existence. If God is so great and good, why would He...
Cremation
Althought the Catholic Church has strict laws about laying a body to rest and prefers the traditional practice of burying the body, cremation is...
Memento Mori
Spiritual reflection on mortality is a long-standing Catholic tradition. Memento mori is a Latin phrase that means “remember that you will die.” Catholics know...
Suicide
The loss of any innocent life is a tragedy and the act of suicide is always objectively wrong. Every person is made by God...