The bishops addressed departures from acceptable Church norms regarding the handling of cremated remains and the time and ...

Emphasizing stricter adherence to church norms, the change mirrors those several bishops in recent years have made to tighten ...

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 ...

[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 ...

Several other Catholic dioceses around the country have come down on irregular funeral practices. Springfield is the latest.

The Catholic Church does not have a general policy of denying funeral rights to all sinners, but this bishop believes that gay and bisexual people are an exception. A Catholic bishop in Springfield, ...