China's Communist Party appears to be restricting religious freedom by cracking down on Christian funerals, in one case arresting a family member mid-service, according to a watchdog group. The news ...
BEIJING - As the Communist Party of China continues to tighten its grip on the regulation of religion and religious activity, a human rights group is reporting that officials are disrupting religious ...
Funeral traditions vary by faith. Preparing the body for a funeral, how the beloved is remembered, interment or cremation and tributes are important parts of end-of-life practices. We’ve compiled ...
In a crisis it is difficult to go your own way. People fall back to what they are familiar with, which is often church. Choosing a celebrant for a funeral service is still rare. I want people to ...
When Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's On Death and Dying burst upon the world in 1968, hospital chaplains and those who trained pastoral counselors were among the first to endorse it. The psychological framing ...
Priests bless a casket following a funeral service for Marcus Guara and his family at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Miami Beach, Fla. (Credit: AP Photo/Lynne Sladky.) Listen As ...
WASHINGTON — The death of a loved one and religious traditions that usually follow may be impacted with DMV’s stay-at-home orders and stricter national guidelines on mass gatherings amid the ...
The trend toward secular memorials reverses for the first time in a decade. Death abounded in America in 2020 and 2021. According to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Weddings, funerals and religious services can restart in a limited fashion across Washington state with new guidelines issued May 27 by Gov. Jay Inslee. Up to 100 people will be allowed to congregate ...