It was held in a Methodist Church; the mourners recited the Kaddish; and the homilist quoted the Sufi poet Hafiz. But it was truly one of the most Catholic funerals I've ever attended. The Archdiocese ...

The Church requests that the remains of the deceased not be divided. However, this would not preclude someone from having a Catholic funeral. The faithful have a right to the funeral rites of the ...

I attended a Mass of Christian Burial for a 99-year-old Catholic friend a few weeks ago. The next day I attended a Presbyterian funeral service for a 101-year-old friend. Your conclusion may be that I ...

Last week a funeral mass was celebrated in New York City’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral for Cecilia Gentili, a transgender activist and avowed atheist. The funeral took place on the day after Ash Wednesday ...

This is a common problem in the preaching at Catholic funerals, and something every priest and deacon should be wary of. This writer nails it: Laura’s funeral Mass was beautiful—that is, up until the ...

A new troubling trend marks the U.S. church: the decline in Catholic funerals. It will affect Catholic life in the future if a basic tradition dies out. It also affects pastoral life now if people ...

[Editor’s Note: Robert Seelig leads Catholic Funeral & Cemetery Services (CFCS) as CEO and founder. He created the vision for CFCS as “Church helping Church” and as such, he continues to look for ways ...

Time waits for no man, and neither does death — especially during these times of the coronavirus epidemic, which has claimed more than 65, 000 lives to-date. Yet, like other aspects of the sacramental ...

(RNS) A funeral Mass will take place at Washington's Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. (RNS) The funeral Mass for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will take place ...

Priests in Ireland who die while facing accusations of sexual abuse are being denied "traditional Catholic funerals,” even if they weren't convicted during their lifetimes. The Association of Catholic ...