The 87-year-old pontiff – who turns 88 next month – enacted a new set of liturgical rites aimed at modernizing the Catholic ...

The Ordo also updates the Litany of Saints. These are sung during the funeral rites during the translation to St. Peter’s Basilica and during the traditional supplication of the Church of Rome.

Pope Francis announced this week that he intends on having a much more simple funeral than those of his predecessors at the ...

For clergy, musicians, and pastoral staff, funerals are often the most sensitive and challenging of responsibilities. For those suffering great loss, grief enters their life, usually to stay. Attendin ...

A Rite of Reception is planned for 9 a.m. Saturday at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Providence. Visitation will continue until a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. The Mass will be ...

Pope Francis has announced that he will forgo the traditional, elaborate burial rites of his predecessors in a decision that may modernize the Catholic Church. When the time comes, the 87-year-old ...

Discover the new rules for the funerals of the Pontiffs, desired by Pope Francis for a simpler and more dignified rite.

Catholic Funeral Rite at 1:30pm Tuesday December 3, 2024 at Zettler Funeral Home, 2646 Pleasant Ave. Hamilton, OH 45015. Visitation from 12:30-1:30pm Tuesday at the funeral home.

Supreme Court on Tuesday uphed its 2017 judgement in connection with the entrustment of certain churches under it to ...

Pope Francis, who has shunned much of the pomp and privilege of leading the global Catholic Church, has decided that a simple ...