The word conjures images of assorted evil minions set loose to haunt and vex the world one night each autumn. Or has its true face been masked by time and politics? Answering that question requires ...

Halloween, the eve of All Saints, is often said to be irredeemably full of pagan traditions — but is it really? While many of its trappings trace back to ancient Roman or Druid customs, many ...

(CNN) — A Catholic diocese in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has condemned Holocaust imagery that appeared on a Catholic school’s Halloween parade float on Thursday. The St. Joseph Catholic School’s float ...

A Catholic diocese in Pennsylvania has apologized for Holocaust imagery that appeared on a Catholic school’s Halloween parade float on Thursday. In a statement Friday, Bishop Timothy C. Senior of the ...

BOSSIER CITY, La. - Get ready for a spooktacular day at the Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church's annual Halloween carnival. The carnival will be held on Sunday from noon to 3 p.m., at the Mary, ...

The Hanover Halloween Parade featured a float with a lookalike of the sign at the main entrance of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. (Screenshot) Catholic leaders in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ...

The Days of the Dead are happening this weekend and you will probably observe ancient rituals in some way. But do you really know what they are and where they come from? Everyone knows the secular ...