In Roman Catholicism, what is the right way of praying for the salvation of departed souls?
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I think there's two questions here:
What is the "Glory to the Father" prayer? and
What is the proper way to pray for the dead?
The "Glory to the Father" prayer is a doxology and is a traditional way to end a prayer or series of prayers. It's prayed at the end of each decade of the Rosary and at the end of each psalm in a psalter such as the Liturgy of the Hours.
A pious custom is to recite 3 Hail Mary's, 3 Our Father's and 3 Glory Be's when visiting a church. I believe that constitutes a partial indulgence (under the normal criteria), which is a good and easy way to get an indulgence every day.
... the Holy Council says, “that the usage of Indulgences is most wholesome to Christian people, Indulgentiarum usum Christiano populo maxime salutarem esse;” wherefore it ought to be a holy duty in every Christian to endeavour to gain them, as far as he is able, as well for his own spiritual good, as by way of suffrage in behalf of the faithful departed.
Even though it's not the norm for the Church any more, the Raccolta is chuck full of different prayers that could be prayed to receive indulgences and those indulgences can be applied to a holy soul in purgatory.
So, I think you do need to pray a Glory Be prayer, if that indulgence is specifically what you're going for.
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Various specific prayers have, as Peter Turner explained, indulgences attached to them, and various prayers have become customary in praying for the dead, but there's nothing to prevent a Catholic from praying for the dead (or for any other purpose) in whatever words he wants. I often say a very brief prayer of the form "Father, please bring [name] to heaven soon if you didn't already." There's probably no indulgence attached, but I'm sure God pays attention, as He does to everything we say or do.
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