Burial

Francis, ‘the people’s pope,’ entombed in his favorite Roman basilica

• Apr 26, 2025
• Elise Ann Allen

While saying he’s better, Pope reveals plans for his funeral and burial

• Dec 13, 2023
• Elise Ann Allen

Vatican upholds ban on scattering ashes, okays preservation in ‘sacred’ places

• Dec 12, 2023
• Elise Ann Allen

Group burial of urns provides opportunity for closure for loved ones

• Oct 17, 2021
• Christopher Gunty

Bound by shared grief, staff assists families at natural burial ground

• Dec 1, 2019
• Andrew Nelson

Spain’s ‘Valley of the Fallen’ closed as Franco exhumation looms

• Oct 12, 2019
• Elise Harris

Catholic officials: State’s green burial laws might not respect bodies

• Aug 29, 2019
• Agnieszka Ruck

Spanish Church warns on exhumation of dictator

• Jun 29, 2018
• Jonathan Luxmoore

New York bill would help parents who experience early miscarriage

• May 5, 2018
• Kate Blain

Once rare, cremation is becoming the new norm

• Jun 4, 2017
• Associated Press