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A passage in the New Testament which is seen by some to be a prayer for the dead is found in 2 Timothy 1:16–18, which reads as follows: . May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain, but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me (the Lord grant to him to find the Lord's mercy on that day); and in how many ...
14 December 1742 9. Quemadmodum Preces: Clarification that the Prayers for Sovereigns in the Mass are instituted by the Church and cannot be decreed by Sovereigns or the State. [8] 23 March 1743 10. Inter Omnigenas: On Christian Life in Ottoman Serbia [9] 2 February 1744 11. Cum Semper Oblatas: On the offering of Masses [10] 19 August 1744 12 ...
Catholics believe that the effect of the Heroic Act depends on the will and mercy of God. A person who has made the Heroic Act may still pray both for their own intentions and for friends. [5] This practice was encouraged by a number of Popes including Benedict XIII (1728), Pius VI (1788) and Pius IX (1852). [1]
Updated July 14, 2016 at 5:48 PM Even salvation! Pope Benedict has announced that his faithful can once again pay the Catholic Church to ease their way through Purgatory and into the Gates of Heaven.
Pope Francis, centre, attends a funeral mass next to the coffin of late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.
Benedict XVI Sunday pleaded for an end to sectarian hatreds as he became the first pontiff to pray at Ground Zero, the site where nearly 3,000 people died in the September 11, 2001 attacks. (Kathy ...
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier released a statement, saying that "Germany mourns Pope Benedict XVI and will remember his work." [114] Chancellor Olaf Scholz released a statement, saying that "as the 'German' pope, Benedict XVI was a special church leader for many, not just in this country. The world is losing a formative figure of the ...
Saturday of Souls (or Soul Saturday) is a day set aside for the commemoration of the dead within the liturgical year of the Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Lutheran and Byzantine Catholic Churches. [7] Saturday is a traditional day of prayer for the dead, because Christ lay dead in the Tomb on Saturday. [44]