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Teenagers and parents dressed as Catholic saints celebrate a Holywins festival in the Sanctuary of St. Juliana of Cornillon, better known as Juliana of Liege, in Belgium, Oct. 29, 2023. Across Europe, Catholic families are turning Halloween into a celebration of light, life and holiness with "Holywins" -- a play on "Holy" and "Halloween." The movement began in Paris in 2002 and has since spread to Poland, Belgium, Italy, Spain and beyond. (OSV News photo/courtesy Holywins Liege)

World

Holywins, a joyful alternative to Halloween, is celebrated across Europe

OSV News|Oct 31, 2025|5 Min Read

Ricky Gervais stars as a dentist who can see ghosts in a scene from the 2008 movie, “Ghost Town.” (IMDB)

Films that take death more seriously than Halloween does

Joseph Joyce|Oct 29, 2025|5 Min Read

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Here's how to celebrate 'Holywins' instead of Halloween

Catholic News Agency|Oct 31, 2023|6 Min Read

Displays of a cross and the risen Christ are seen Nov. 1, 2022, at Calvary Cemetery in Rochester, Minn., after they were desecrated by vandals Halloween night. Graves also were damaged by the vandalism, which included "hateful and obscene graffiti," said Bishop Robert E. Barron of Winona-Rochester. (CNS photo/courtesy KTTC-TV)

Minnesota bishop expresses outrage over desecration at Catholic cemetery

Catholic News Service|Nov 3, 2022|2 Min Read

People pay their respects Oct. 31, 2022, near the scene of an Oct. 29 crowd crush that killed more than 150 people during a Halloween festival in Seoul, South Korea. (CNS photo/Kim Hong-ji, Reuters)

World

South Korean church leaders want inquiry after stampede, offer prayers

Catholic News Service|Oct 31, 2022|2 Min Read

Credit: abejorro34 via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Faith

What to do about Halloween? Catholic moms - and an exorcist - weigh in

Mary Farrow|Oct 31, 2020|6 Min Read

“Dia de los Muertos” celebration at Santa Clara Cemetery in 2017. (Dima Otvertchenko/Angelus News)

Seeing the holiness in Halloween

Nora Bradbury-Haehl|Oct 31, 2019|3 Min Read

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