Prayer for the dead is almost a battle with the reality ... Aside from the time of mourning, the month of November, including especially All Saints' day and All Souls' day, is a traditional ...

On Nehru’s 61st death anniversary, a look at his peacemaking efforts during the 1946 Bihar riots following the Noakhali ...

In an exchange in the state legislature, two representatives clashed over a plan to display posters of the commandments in ...

Pvt. James C. Loyd disappeared during a nighttime firefight days after the Allied Forces landed near Anzio, Italy, in 1944.

When a priest has been called to attend a person who is already dead, he is not to administer the sacrament of Anointing. Instead, he should pray for the dead person, asking that God forgive his ...

One of the earliest Memorial Day observances occurred on May 1, 1865. Organized by freed slaves and white missionaries.

Even in historic times menstruation was seen as a time to seclude women from the household In Mahabharata it is said that Draupadi was menstruating during her vastraharan and that is why she was in se ...

For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

Pride in past valor may be best expressed in the St. Crispin’s Day speech from “Henry V” (Act IV, Scene iii), delivered by the young king on the eve of the Battle of Agincourt.

As we have celebrated Memorial Day again this year, we recall the sacrifice of our service men and women. Christians have the solemn duty to remember and honor those who have died in service to our ...