Faith Seeking Understanding: At its core, the communion of saints is an affirmation of the empowering, unifying and healing work of the Holy Spirit among all God's people and creation.

This year, Nov. 1, the Solemnity of All Saints, falls on a Sunday. The solemnity supersedes the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time and offers Lectionary readings unique to its themes.

So I want to explore the true and original meaning of the “Communion of Saints.” Since the Catholic Church and the Protestants acknowledge — although with varying degrees—a common ...

VATICAN CITY — In his Angelus address for the Solemnity of All Saints, Pope Francis said that it is a joy to have a spiritual family living in eternity and stressed that Mary is the first of the ...

The Communion of the Saints. John E. Colwell, excerpted from 'The Rhythm of Doctrine' Acknowledging those who have run the race before us. Christianity Today November 2, 2007. Share ...

During the month of November, the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church has specific feasts which taken together commemorate what we pray in the Apostles’ Creed: “I believe in the ...

The communion of saints holds together the community of believers on earth and in heaven, and on earth the saints, the sinners, all,” the pope said during his Feb. 2 general audience.

For comparison, I searched “communion of the saints” on Google to see what would come up there. The top image was from the Archdiocese of San Francisco website , and it portrays a lily-white ...

All Saints' Day is an ancient holy day on the Roman Catholic calendar. It was officially started by Pope Boniface IV in 609 A.D., who also established All Souls' Day.

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS -- There have been some growing pains and a few bumps in the road, but everything is starting to come together at the new Communion of Saints parish. The parish was formed in ...

Pope: the communion of saints, an unbreakable bond between us and those who are in Purgatory or in Heaven "Everyone, myself included, has experienced insecurity, loss and even doubt on our journey ...