Who told you the Roman Catholic Church after V2 no longer encourages the faithful to pray for the dead? You live in fantasy land.
The V2 church no longer has requiem masses; instead they have "celebration of life" masses.

99% of every novus ordo catholic I have ever talked to, when speaking of the dead, say "Oh, they are already in heaven." Thus, logically, why the need to pray for the dead?
The V2 church gives lip-service to doctrine, while in practice (through the protestantization of the liturgy), minimizes/contradicts such. "As you pray" (i.e. protestant liturgy) is "how you believe" (i.e. living protestant doctrine).