Can Halloween be Christianized Again?JOHN HORVAT II
The modern focus of Halloween is increasingly focused on a fascination with evil, horror, and gore.
How to think about Halloween as a CatholicSIMCHA FISHER
How delightful it is to be Catholic, when so few things are forbidden — so few things are out of the question.
Halloween Scares Up Advice on French Episcopates Web PageZENIT
The fears and ghosts of Halloween shouldnt scare parents away from telling children about "the meaning and implications of this holiday."
All Saints and All SoulsFR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS
What are the origins of All Saints and All Souls Day. Are these linked with paganism and Halloween?
All Hallow's EveMARY REED NEWLAND
One of the nicest surprises of living around the year with the Church is to find that Halloween is part of it.
Haunted HouseMARK GAUVREAU JUDGE
This Halloween, when I go trick-or-treating with my nephews, I'm dressing as an 18th-century Russian-born priest. Halloween is supposed to be about what's scary, and what Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin encountered - called by the Baltimore Catholic Review the "truest ghost story ever told" - sounds scary enough.
Cooking For ChristFLORENCE P. BERGER
The doctrine of the mystical body unites all Christians to their Master, and one with the other in God's kingdom here on earth. As the branches have their source in the vine, so with Christ we have been bound together for growth and fruition.
The right to say noBARBARA KAY
It is unfair to accuse someone who refuses to work at a same-sex wedding of homophobia.
The Feast of All SaintsMARY REED NEWLAND
The Feast of All Saints is one of the greatest of all the feasts because it celebrates what could have been impossible. The cross is a tree that bears fruit. This is the feast of its harvest.
The End of AdventJOSEPH BOTTUM
Christmas has devoured Advent, gobbled it up with the turkey giblets and the goblets of seasonal ale.
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