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 ...

Until they reach the cemetery, Muslims in Rochester follow sacred traditions when mourning the death of a loved one. A close relative washes the body after death. The body is wrapped in three pieces ...

ROME, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Italy held its first non-religious funeral for a head of state on Tuesday with a secular service in parliament for Giorgio Napolitano, a two-time president who died last week ...