In the old days, Egyptians would bury a pharaoh and throw in a slave or a wife or two to keep him company in the afterlife. Romans would carry torches in a funeral procession. Colonials would head to ...

In Islam, the deceased are to be buried within 24 hours. This was highlighted in media reports of the death of Osama binLaden. And controversy arose over bin Laden’s burial at sea. Each major religion ...

The Queen’s funeral will be incomparable in scale and grandeur as the nation gathers to say its solemn final farewell to its longest reigning monarch. Through the centuries, customs and rituals have ...

The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum announced last week that it has created a new exhibit displayed in President Wilson’s Birthplace, a Presbyterian Manse, illustrating 19th century ...

PHOENIX - Coronavirus is changing the funeral business, with mourners having to adjust the way they say goodbye to loved ones. In the Valley, one funeral home is now reducing the numbers of guests ...

Most of what happened around the death and subsequent funeral services for Pope Francis had a traditional ring to them. Obviously, when the pope dies in Rome, tradition has much to say about how ...

While Irish wakes and funerals are well known for being large affairs full of emotion, reminiscing, prayer, and song, these traditions are nothing new. As far back as the 12th century, the Irish were ...

COVID-19 has disrupted everyday life, changing how people socialize, shop, work -- and worship. Health laws and pandemic restrictions can make it challenging to honor a particular religion’s death ...