Prayer for the dead is almost a battle with the reality of death and destruction that weighs down upon the earthly existence of man. This is and remains a particular revelation of the Resurrection.

The Holy Orthodox Church, like a concerned mother, daily, at every divine service, offers up prayers for all her children who have departed for the land of eternity. Thus, at the midnight service ...

Elie Wiesel, Nobel Prize winner and Holocaust survivor, once told Michael Goldfarb of people going to their deaths at Auschwitz asking who will say Kaddish for me? Kaddish is the Jewish prayer for the ...

The loss of lives in the accident at New Delhi Railway Station is extremely sad and heart-breaking. My condolences are with ...

A Catholic perspective on ghost stories reveals why some apparitions may be souls in Purgatory — and why the Church urges us ...

The college football community received heartbreaking news this Wednesday involving former Ohio State offensive lineman Ben ...

Prayers are pouring in for her family. "At the age of 15 he knew what he was doing was wrong. Clearly he doesn’t care about right and wrong and doesn’t belong in human society," one fan wrote.

From The Freeman's Journal. While the Ritualists are right in their belief in prayers for the dead, their attitude in reference to the Episcopal Church, of which they claim to be members ...

Kadish is the Jewish prayer for the dead. On the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz' liberation Goldfarb visits the remains of the death camp and explores the origins of Kaddish, and why the Jewish ...

He was found dead in an off-campus apartment on Tuesday ... admiration and friendship of all his teammates. Our prayers go out to his family and all who knew him. Ben made the world a better ...