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Private funeral and weeklong events planned for Billy Graham
By Yonat Shimron — February 21, 2018
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — The funeral service will be held under a tent, similar to the one the evangelist preached under in Los Angeles in 1949, a revival that catapulted him into the public eye.
Mormons pay tribute to LDS leader Monson
By Mark A. Kellner — January 11, 2018
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) — Thomas S. Monson, considered a prophet by the 16-million-member Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Jan. 2 at age 90 after months of declining health.
A funeral director says many churches (unknowingly) promote a ‘death negative’ narrative
By Jonathan Merritt — November 10, 2017
Caleb Wilde says many churches teach that "death, and our mortality, is at heart both shameful and has little to no redeeming value."
21 boys who died in Islamic school fire buried in Malaysia
By Jerome Socolovsky — September 16, 2017
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The pre-dawn blaze Thursday at a three-story 'tahfiz' school, where Muslim boys study and memorize the Quran, blocked the lone exit from the dormitory, trapping students behind barred windows.
Christian funeral planned for Arab-American slain in alleged hate crime
By Lauren Markoe — August 18, 2016
(RNS) Services for Khalid Jabara will focus on God, says his pastor.
Funerals held for slain police
By RNS staff — July 14, 2016
DALLAS -- Thousands of police officers joined by ordinary citizens attended funerals for three of the policemen shot dead in a racially motivated ambush attack last week that intensified America's long-running debate on race and justice.
Funeral for the Rev. Daniel Berrigan held in New York
By Heidi Thompson — May 6, 2016
NEW YORK (RNS) A photo gallery of the Jesuit peace activist's funeral.
Justice Scalia eulogized at funeral Mass as man of faith and man of law
By Richard Wolf — February 20, 2016
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court justice's Catholicism was hailed at the liturgy, celebrated by his son, a priest, who also joked about his father's reputation as a controversial jurist.
The ‘Splainer: What to expect at Scalia’s Catholic funeral
By Kimberly Winston — February 19, 2016
(RNS) Will there be a Mass? A eulogy? Lots of sacred music? Let us 'Splain . . .
Scalia funeral set for largest Catholic church in North America Saturday
By Lauren Markoe — February 16, 2016
(RNS) A funeral Mass will take place at Washington's Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
How secular Americans are reshaping funeral rituals
By Simon Davis — December 17, 2015
(RNS) This may be the year that cremation surpasses burial for the first time in the United States, as a long-standing trend continues.
Italian Catholic Church scrambles to explain its role in lavish Mafia boss funeral
By Rosie Scammell — August 23, 2015
ROME (RNS) In the days following the funeral, the church tried to distance itself from the spectacle, with Auxiliary Bishop Giuseppe Mariante stating church officials did not know the ceremony would be accompanied by “Mafia propaganda.”
Westboro Baptist Church to picket Beau Biden’s funeral, rosary prayers
By RNS staff — June 5, 2015
(RNS) The funeral Mass starts at 10:30 a.m. at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church; President Obama will give the eulogy. Westboro plans to picket from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., as people arrive at the church.
Four Jewish victims of Paris market attack buried in Jerusalem
By Michele Chabin — January 13, 2015
(RNS) The families of the four men, who were not Israeli citizens, asked that they be buried in Israel rather than France.
From Jackie O to Mario Cuomo, a Jesuit parish is the final stop for boldface Catholics
By David Gibson — January 5, 2015
NEW YORK (RNS) Why are boldface names often buried from the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola? The top three reasons are the same responses you get to almost every question about New York: location, location, location.