All Souls' Day, unlike All Saints' Day, commemorates and honors all the dead. All Souls' Day, taking place Nov. 2, 2023, is typically not considered a Holy Day of Obligation in the United States.

All Souls Day (Nov. 2) – People pray for those who have died, asking the saints to help guide them on their paths to Heaven. People often bring flowers and candles to their graves.

All Saints Day has been celebrated on November 1 since the 8th century, Fr. Patrick Briscoe, O.P., a Washington, D.C.-based Dominican friar told Fox News Digital.

7 News Senior Reporter Eileen Buckley, who broke the news about St. Andrew’s Friday, met with some All Saints members Monday and unpacked why the diocese is pulling the plug on these parishes.