A Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead or Mass of the dead, is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, using a particular form of the Roman Missal. It is usually celebrated in the context of a funeral.
Requiem for Bishop Cirilo Almario, in the Novus Ordo Mass at Minor Basilica and Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Malolos, Bulacan, 2016
The Requiem, in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, celebrated annually for Louis XVI and victims of the French Revolution, in the crypt of Strasbourg Cathedral, 2013
Requiem Mass for Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria at St. Catherine's Cathedral, St. Petersburg, published in a Russian newspaper, 1914
Extraordinary Form Requiem Mass at Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini (Most Holy Trinity of Pilgrims) church in Rome
Mass is the main Eucharistic liturgical service in many forms of Western Christianity. The term Mass is commonly used in the Catholic Church, Western Rite Orthodoxy, Old Catholicism, and Independent Catholicism. The term is also used in some Lutheran churches, as well as in some Anglican churches, and on rare occasion by other Protestant churches.
Painting of a 15th-century Mass
A priest offering the Mass at St Mary's Basilica, Bangalore
The elevation of the host began in the 14th century to show people the consecrated host.
A priest administers Communion during Mass in a Dutch field on the front line in October 1944.
