As Catholics prepare to enter All Souls’ Month in November, diocesan priests and parishioners suggest ways to pray for the dead both in November and throughout the year.

Speaking at Fairfax Memorial Park in Fairfax, northern Virginia, Arlington Bishop Michael Burbidge said in his All Souls’ Day homily that it is a “sacred duty” to pray for all the faithful departed.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Tuesday prayed before the tombs of deceased popes in the crypt beneath St. Peter’s Basilica. Francis visited the tombs after celebrating Mass for All Souls’ Day on Nov.

Old students of the Nandom Senior High School (NANSEC) in the Upper West Region have held a requiem Mass to pray for the repose of the souls of their colleagues who have passed to eternity ...