As death approaches, the Church stays close to the one who is dying, to give comfort and support. The family should ask that holy Communion be brought to the dying. This is Viaticum, food for the ...

In the recent Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae , the Holy Father John Paul II once more urged Christian families to pray in their home ... gift of spouses until death would be unrealistic.

The order teaches us “at the vigil, the Christian community keeps watch with the family in prayer to the God of mercy ... one of gently accompanying the mourners in their initial adjustment to the ...

Reilly and Johnny Flynn look contemplative in this first look image from "A Prayer for the Dying," the survival thriller ... save his young family or defend the community that gave him a second ...

Archbishop Gregory Aymond delivered the following homily at the annual Mass for the Victims and Survivors of Violence at St. Louis Cathedral on Oct. 27.

HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- Rev. Al Sharpton held a prayer service ... were overcome by the death. An organization called 'WARM' (We All Really Matter) is now guiding the family through its ...

Evidence suggests that having strong spiritual or religious beliefs, however defined, can assist psychologically in fighting, and coping with, illness.