All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day As Christianity spread, many pagan rituals were adapted to the new faith to be more attractive to converts. The period of reflecting on the dead continues ...

This one took me by surprise. There it was — on the official website of my church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — a short lesson to be taught in 2025 in Primary, the ...

This guest column is from Carol Lynn Pearson, author of “The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy,” reacting to the 2025 curriculum for children of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This ...

Candles burn in All Saints' Day, a time for reflecting on those who have died, on Friday Nov. 1, 2024, in Zakroczym near Warsaw, Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) ...

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) A scene from a cartoon released by the church to teach children about the faith’s history of polygamy shows church founder Joseph Smith praying.

World News After Halloween, Christians observe All Saints’ Day The word “Halloween” derives from “All Hallows Eve,” which means the eve of All Saints’ Day, a holiday that has also been ...

Candles burn at the Powazki Cemetery on All Saints' Day on Friday Nov. 1, 2024, in Warsaw, Poland. Credit: AP/Czarek Sokolowski By The Associated Press Updated November 1, 2024 ...

In response to this, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines calls on the faithful each year to reclaim the true essence of All Saints’ Day and resist its secularization.