Funeral echoes Pope’s plea: ‘Bridges, not walls’

04/27/2025

VATICAN CITY — In front of hundreds of world leaders attending the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday, Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re called for care for migrants, an end to wars and action on global climate…

Pope Francis’ funeral: 250,000 mourners, world leaders pay tribute

Agence France Presse 04/26/2025

VATICAN CITY — Hundreds of thousands of mourners and world leaders including US President Donald Trump packed St Peter’s Square on Saturday for the funeral of Pope Francis, “pope among the people” and the Catholic Church’s first…

Mourners applaud Pope Francis’ coffin as Vatican funeral begins

Agence France Presse 04/26/2025

VATICAN CITY — Tens of thousands of mourners and world leaders including US President Donald Trump packed St Peter’s Square on Saturday for the funeral of Pope Francis, the champion of the poor and the Catholic Church’s…

Donald Trump in Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral

Agence France Presse 04/26/2025

ROME — US President Donald Trump arrived in Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis, where he will brush shoulders with an array of world leaders on the unexpected first foreign trip of his second…

Pope’s funeral: Vatican braces for huge crowds

Agence France Presse 04/25/2025

VATICAN CITY, Holy See — The Vatican will make final preparations Friday for Pope Francis’s funeral as the last of the huge crowds of mourners file through St Peter’s Basilica to view his open coffin. Many of…

‘Dead’ Indian man awakes at funeral pyre, then declared dead

AFP 11/25/2024

JAIPUR, India—A man awoke on a funeral pyre moments before it was to be set on fire after a doctor skipped a postmortem, medical officials said on Saturday. The 25-year-old man, Rohitash Kumar, was rushed to hospital…

The family ties that bind

Joel Ruiz Butuyan - @inquirerdotnet 07/06/2023

We should hold our reunions before we start having our get-togethers in each other’s funeral wakes.” I said these words last year as the world was starting to emerge from the pandemic, during which terrible time we…

‘Coffinasal’: Man turns casket into BBQ grill in North Cotabato

Ves Garcia - @inquirerdotnet 03/05/2023

A man from North Cotabato who skillfully transformed a casket into a one-of-a-kind barbecue grill recently went viral on social media for his clever creation. Last Feb. 27, Vincent Levi Bayona Doletin, who runs a funeral home business in Pigcawayan town,…

Britain and the world bid adieu to Queen Elizabeth II

Agence France Presse 09/20/2022

LONDON — Britain said farewell to Queen Elizabeth II on Monday at a state funeral attended by world leaders, before a historic last ceremonial journey through the streets of London packed with sorrowful mourners. Huge crowds gathered in near silence to…

Cebu City dad proposes penalties for refusal of funeral services due to unsettled fees

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 09/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines –Caring for the dead should never be made difficult. A fine of at least P5, 000 and/or imprisonment ranging from six months to one year will be imposed on employees or officers of crematories,…

Archbishop Cruz laid to rest in Dagupan

Yolanda Sotelo 08/29/2020

DAGUPAN CITY—When the quake-hit St. John Cathedral here was being restored in mid-1990s, Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz had told reporters touring the church ruins that he wanted to be buried there someday. At 10 a.m. on Friday,…

Palma: CBCP mulls waiving of fees for funeral Masses, blessings

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is now looking at the possibility of giving for free the ministerial services of priests in the country like officiating funeral Masses and the blessing of homes…

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