Sometimes I think of death and get overwhelmed by the fact that I will not see certain people in this life ever again. If you ...

Cardinals in the Catholic Church witness many grand liturgical rituals in life. In death, their funerals are far more simple than for a bishop in his own cathedral, even a pastor in his own parish.

A beautiful urn honors the person who died prior to burial. (Author’s photograph) How carefully must the Church guard the doctrine of bodily resurrection with rules regarding Catholic burial practices ...

COMMENTARY: The homily for the pope emeritus was inadequate for the occasion, but measured by the Holy Father’s own standards, it was actually something special. Pope Francis presides over the funeral ...

CWN Editor's Note: In his homily at the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis said that the work of a pastor is “devotion sustained by the consolation of the Spirit, who always precedes the ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Under a majestic, bright blue sky, an open-air funeral Mass was held on Saturday morning for a man who looked to open the Church to the masses. More than 250,000 people, ...

In one of the rarest of scenes in two millennia of Catholic Church history, Pope Francis on Jan. 5 presided over the funeral Mass of his predecessor, the late Pope Benedict XVI, and offered a subtle ...

Beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, at 4 p.m., Bishop Frank J. Dewane will lie in state at the Epiphany Cathedral Parish ...

"You could have given the same homily for anybody, any cardinal, any bishop or even the butcher next door." "It was almost as if Pope Francis had gone to his files and looked under the file 'funeral ...

The former pope’s supporters, who include conservatives, said Francis’ approach seemed paltry in comparison to Benedict’s homily at the funeral of Pope John Paul II. By Jason Horowitz and Ruth Graham ...