Is there a difference between All saints Day and All Souls Day?

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What is the difference between All Saints Day and All Souls Day?
 
Dear B,

All Saints Day is the celebration of all the saints in heaven. There are the true heroes and heroines of humanity. Most of them we have never heard of. Everyone who is in heaven is such a saint.

See All Saints Day at the original Catholic Encyclopedia.

All Souls Day is the day in which we commemorate all the faithful departed and pray for those who are in purgatory awaiting their entrance into heaven.

See All Souls Day at the original Catholic Encyclopedia.

See Purgatory at the original Catholic Encyclopedia.

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.
 
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