Made from white silk brocade and embroidered in rich silks, this banner has designs of roses, thistles, shamrocks and leeks – and in the centre, a figure of St Martin on horseback, dividing his cloak ...

On arrival at the Abbey the coffin was removed from the funeral car and placed with the effigy within a candle-decked hearse at the foot of the steps leading to the High Altar. After the burial the ...

Roman Catholic funerals, with or without the remains present, may be held in the Mission Church provided the deceased individual was a current student, faculty, or staff member of Santa Clara ...

The banner was the subject of a BBC Antiques Roadshow Detectives programme in 2015 A gilded silk banner that formed part of the regalia used at the funeral of Oliver Cromwell in November 1658, has ...

Why it's a good choice: One of the most sung hymns at funerals, this is really a prayer ... for this hymn came from a walk home from church when the author encountered a violent storm which ...

Earlier this year, Bishop of Derry Donal McKeown warned that very soon it might "no longer be the norm" for every individual to have a Mass as part of their funeral. He also called on lay church ...

The 36-year-old was struggling to survive a bruising financial problem that had seen him spend part of this month as broke as a church mouse ... of organizing their funerals, exercises that ...

Church authorities termed it a meaningful move toward eco-friendly practices. It recently bought two steel coffins for use during funeral services. Upon the parishioner’s death, the body was ...

THE former Dean of Canterbury the Very Revd Robert Willis died “suddenly and peacefully” in the United States on Tuesday. He ...

The funeral was held at Our Lady of Victory Parish in Centerville. Ethel Kennedy was the oldest living member of the politically famous Kennedy family and spent a considerable amount of time on Cape ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we ...

The guilty party was accused of careless driving, which resulted in the killing of a man hours before his wedding ...