New Orleans celebrated the return and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls had been sent to ...

For years, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints frowned upon cremation, insisting that burial was theologically ...

Rituals of death can remind us of America’s “new birth of freedom”—and our rebirth and renewal through Christ’s sacrifice.

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Therefore, I ask that my mortal remains rest awaiting the day of resurrection ... pay their respects. His funeral will take place on Saturday, 26 April. Following his death, the Catholic Church ...

Pope Francis used his last will and testament to detail his wishes for where he would like to be interred following his death. Those wishes were carried out in the plans for his funeral Saturday ...

Learn more about his funeral below. Pope Francis left a lasting ... the day Christians celebrate Christ’s resurrection. According to the Vatican, the late pope offered his final prayer to ...

His passing comes just one day after Easter, the day Christians celebrate Christ’s resurrection ... In the passion and death of Jesus, God has taken upon himself all the evil in this world ...

Image: Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re will oversee the Pope's funeral ceremony ... St Peter's Square We proclaim your death, O Lord, and profess your resurrection until you come again.

Francis’s revision of the funeral rites scrapped this requirement, asking that the certification of death be carried ... awaiting the day of resurrection, in the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary ...