Feast of All Souls extends solidarity across generations, Pope says

November 02, 2009

Solidarity can extend across generations, and unite the dead with the living, Pope Benedict XVI said at his Angelus audience on November 1, as the Church celebrated the feast of All Saints. He urged the faithful to show that solidarity the next day-- November 2, the feast of All Souls-- by praying for the dead, perhaps by visiting cemeteries to pray for their loved ones who are "in the hands of God."

Pope Benedict himself observed the feast of All Souls by visiting the grotto of the Vatican basilica on Monday afternoon to spend some time in prayer at the tombs of his predecessors.

 

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Further information:

• Pope: in the communion of saints we are never alone, but among family and friends (AsiaNews)