Amid violence, Central African Republic bishops denounce 'lack of patriotisms'
- Jan 19, 2021
In the historical area of Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery is a wide swath of grass unmarked by headstones.
A bishop in India is calling for justice after Hindu radicals desecrated a Catholic cemetery in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
A new cemetery providing natural burials was recently opened in the Netherlands after years of preparation. The Trappistine Sisters of the Abbey of Koningsoord came up with the idea as a place of consolation and of connection, and of course as a final resting place.
In early July, five goats arrived at St. Mary Cemetery in Appleton, Wisconsin, from a farm in nearby Black Creek. They’re helping tackle the cemetery’s problem with buckthorn, an aggressive, invasive species of shrub that had overtaken the cemetery’s riverbank.