Group burial of urns provides opportunity for closure for loved ones
By Christopher Gunty- If you have an urn or vessel containing the remains of a loved one sitting on a shelf in your home, US-based Father Patrick...
Category: Death
Cremation and the Church
What is the Church’s modern view of cremating the dead, since in the past cremation was considered a pagan practice? Is cremation for the laity only?
Cremation: What’s Allowed, What Isn’t
The Vatican recently issued a document on cremation, outlining what is allowed and what should be avoided. Here are the answers to Frequently Asked Questions. In 1963,...
May We Scatter Ashes of Our Loved Ones?
We Catholics can so easily forget that we are a more tightly knit community than we think. The Church asks us to be particularly mindful of this when a loved one dies.
What is Purgatory Like?
I become confused about the existence of purgatory as a destination for the souls who have not repented for all their sins before they died. If these souls...
Two nuns killed in South Sudan after vehicle ambushed along highway
By Fredrick Nzwili – Two Catholic nuns were shot and killed along a highway in South Sudan on August 16 as they were returning home to Juba....
Polish Archbishop Hoser, doctor, archbishop and envoy, dies of Covid-19
By Jonathan Luxmore – Many Polish Catholics are mourning the death of Archbishop Henryk Hoser, a former Vatican envoy who helped rebuild the church in post-genocide Rwanda and...
Congolese cardinal, Peace Activist, Dies at 81
Congolese Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, retired archbishop of Kinshasa, a biblical scholar and an activist for justice and peace, died July 11 near Paris where he had...
‘Patients Are…Dying in Front of My Eyes’
By Anto Akkara – Catholic hospital directors in India told Catholic News Service they did not have enough facilities to treat patients as India set records for...
Lesotho’s Cardinal Sebastian Khoarai dies at 91
Cardinal Sebastian Koto Khoarai, the first and only cardinal from Lesotho, died April 17 at the age of 91 in Mazenod, Lesotho. For almost 40 years, he...
Bishops Recall Father Küng as Theologian Who Loved the Catholic Church
By Cindy Wooden – German and Swiss bishops who knew and worked with Father Hans Küng described him as a man who loved the Catholic Church, even...
Cardinal Tumi, Defender of Peace, Dies in Cameroon at 90
Even in his old age, Cardinal Christian Tumi, the retired archbishop of Douala, Cameroon, was a force for peace and reconciliation in his country, Pope Francis said...
