All Souls falls during a time of year when many religions are thinking about death. It is a period when ancient agricultural societies were preparing for the change of the seasons from summer to winter. Pagans believe this is a time when there’s a thinning of the veil between the land of the living and Read more
Millions of Filipino Catholics started flocking to cemeteries on Thursday to pay respects to their dead as the country observed All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. The annual tradition that combines Catholic religious rites with the country’s penchant for festivity is popularly called “Undas” or Day of the Dead, a major family affair in Read more
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has launched a website for homebound and overseas Filipinos who cannot make it to cemeteries to visit their dead. Filipinos who are away from home and physically unable to go to church or visit their dead in cemeteries on All Saints and All Souls Day, can still visit Read more