Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill reflects on Pope Francis' funeral and how traditional customs have faded over time.

with a Friday calling and Saturday funeral possible, but involving multiple complications (starting with extra charges for weekends, plus some cemeteries not open on Saturday at all). Behind that ...

The pope has been celebrated for eschewing much of the pomp and circumstance around his role and instead choosing frugality ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of people began filing through St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects to Pope Francis ...

The closure of the three funeral homes means Ayers Family Cremation and Goble’s Fortuna Mortuary will have to pick up the ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88 after a 12-year papacy. The death of the pontiff has set off mourning across the Catholic world and days of ritual at the Vatican.

The Vatican said 400,000 people packed St Peter’s Square and lined the streets of Rome for the funeral of the first ... was “a pope among the people, with an open heart”, who strove for ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Fans can take a ride on the iconic Ferris wheel in northeast Minneapolis as it reopens Saturday at the new Hey Y'all Tipsy Taco Bar. The taco bar owners purchased the building ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Funeral services have been announced for fallen Kansas City firefighter and paramedic Graham Hoffman, who was killed in the line of duty on Sunday. Hoffman’s funeral will be ...

The man sitting in front of us belongs to the Sinaloa Cartel — one of the most powerful and feared criminal networks in the ...