Since the beginning, the Church has remembered the dead in prayer.
Pope Francis noted on February 6 a story that has moved the world.
Little Rayan Oram, age 5, fell some 100 feet into a well shaft that his father was repairing on Tuesday afternoon in Tamorot, Morocco. For several days, #SaveRyan was trending around the world.
On Saturday rescue workers were finally able to extract the wee child, but unfortunately he passed away shortly afterward.
Prayers for the Dead
In #1032, the Catechism of the Catholic Church notes that, basing herself in the Tradition of the Old Testament, the Church has always prayed for the dead:
A prayer for the departed
We pray especially for Rayan's parents, that they might experience the consolation of God.
