Under a foggy gray sky on January 5, a historic funeral in St. Peter’s Square saw the sitting pontiff, Pope Francis, preside at a somber and simple ceremony for his predecessor, Emeritus Pope Benedict ...

The rites performed in the Church of England ceremony ­derive from the Order of the ­Burial of the Dead from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, with the Queen having selected her favourite psalms and ...

If you were to survey parish priests about the liturgical issues that most often cause them aggravation, I suspect eulogies would be high on the list. When someone dies, it is only right that family ...

On the eve of Ash Wednesday this year, a great number of priests and lay people had the privilege to participate actively in the funeral service held at the Holy Trinity church, in Marsa, of Gaetano ...