Catholic funerals express the Christian hope in eternal life and the resurrection of the body on the last day. Every component of Catholic funeral rites should express these fundamental ...

The funeral for Pope Francis will be held on Saturday, the Vatican said. Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for humility and outreach efforts to people of disparate ...

As Catholics prepare to enter All Souls’ Month in November, diocesan priests and parishioners suggest ways to pray for the dead both in November and throughout the year.

Several hymns were temporarily banned last year in the Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, after being found “to be insufficient in sound doctrine,” with the action raising questions about what music ...

SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, MI — Family, friends, students and loved ones will gather later this week in remembrance of Tim Marciniak, the Nouvel Catholic Central High School and Junior High principal who died ...

Rotimi Oyekanmi, the former Chief Press Secretary to the immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has dismissed a report by an online ...

The former Tipene Funerals employee who fleeced thousands of dollars from relatives of people who died has been successful in appealing her jail sentence after arguing her experience in prison had ...

The Duke of Kent has carried out his first royal engagement since the death of his wife, the Duchess of Kent. According to the Court Circular, Edward, who turns 90 on Thursday, attended a concert in ...

In a short video making the rounds on social media, several INEC staff members were seen bidding farewell to Yakubu at the commission’s headquarters, singing the Christian hymn traditionally used ...

Mourners filled St Patrick's Church in Dundalk this morning for the funerals of Mark, Louise and Evan O'Connor who were found dead at their home in Co Louth last week. Cian O'Connor paid tribute to ...

I think about death quite a lot. Not in a particularly terrified sort of way, but I do think about it. I had a quadruple whammy two years ago, because my mother, my aunt and my two best dogs all died, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The high point of They All Came to Barneys, Gene Pressman’s memoir of his time working for the legendary New ...