My freshman year of high school, my father died in early February. His wake was on Valentine’s Day. At its conclusion, a ...

Learning some Black History Month poems is one of the ways to celebrate black culture and heritage. Check out some of the best poems compiled in this article.

I celebrated a funeral for an 83-year-old woman named Marion. A few days before the actual funeral, Marion’s daughter came in to make arrangements. I asked the daughter to tell me ...

Sunlight was emerging through the clouds on St Brigid’s Day, marking the Celtic start of spring, as they came to honour a ...

The funeral of acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley will take ... Among his best-known work is the 1994 poem Ceasefire, inspired by the then-ceasefires in his native Northern Ireland and the search ...

Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s ...

Addressing the congregation, including Commandant Claire Mortimer, Aide De Camp representing Taoiseach Simon Harris, they began by reading a beautiful poem penned by Paul Sutton entitled ‘Ode to ...

It’s bad enough when secular institutions do this. But religious institutions are supposed to provide a moral example, even when it’s not easy. When spiritual authorities ignore their values ...

The funeral of a man has been held up for over a decade now as his two wives continue to argue in court over his religious identity. Mira Nondi, the first wife, claims her husband, Ronsit Nondi, also ...

A rise in non-religious funerals is also something his family have been noticing, and something they're happy to facilitate. "Your traditional funeral with the mass is probably still the most ...