Two Philippine dioceses announced they would close cemeteries on All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day for the second consecutive year due to rising COVID-19 cases. (Credit: Romeo Ranoco/Reuters ...

Churchgoers in the Philippine capital and other cities are going to have to celebrate All Souls’ Day at home this year after authorities announced on Sept. 13 that cemeteries will be locked down from ...

Millions of people in the Philippines visited cemeteries to honor their deceased ... to pray for their loved ones the following day for All Souls’ Day, which is also known as the Commemoration ...

Filipinos continued to swarm cemeteries on Saturday, All Souls' Day, to visit the graves of their departed ... Most of the visitors brought their own food. The report said the Philippine National ...

Filipino Catholics remember their deceased loved ones by trooping to cemeteries even before the actual observance of All Souls' Day on Nov. 2. On Nov. 1, All Saints' Day, as the Catholic Church ...

For as long as I could remember, All Souls ... paths in cemeteries always made me feel like I was part of a multitude of people with one valuable purpose at hand. On this day we were one ...

Philippines, Oct. 31, 2015, on the eve of All Saints Day. Many families gather in cemeteries around All Souls’ Day, Nov. 2, to celebrate and remember their deceased relatives. (Credit ...

Manila (AsiaNews) – Security has been beefed up in the Philippines on the eve of All Saints and All Souls (November 1 ... secure Metro Manila’s different cemeteries, seaports and bus terminals ...

As part of commemorating the faithful departed on All Souls’ Day, Nov. 2 — traditionally known in countries like Mexico as the Day of the Dead — it’s common for people to go to cemeteries ...