Eulogies are indeed a non-Catholic invention, and while many dioceses stay faithful to the no-eulogy rule, Ottawa’s Catholics have apparently lapsed in recent years You can save this article by ...

There can be no doubt that members of my own religious community, the Roman Catholic Church, were instrumental in the dissolution of the event: public rosaries, Eucharistic processions, and planned ...

Preaching at a funeral Mass must be a real challenge for priests. American culture always wants you to say “nice things” that don’t “disturb” others. Pace St. Paul (1 Corinthians 13:13), one suspects ...

Sir, – Were Kathy Sheridan to attend more funerals across different dioceses, she might realise that no two funerals are the same (“Treatment at family funeral showed how Catholic Church just keeps ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago promulgated revised guidelines for funerals on All Souls' Day. The document doesn't exactly break new ground in its recommendations, which range from when and where a ...

Guidelines to counter the “dumbing down” of Catholic funerals issued by the Bishop of Meath appear to contradict those from the Archdiocese of Dublin. Guidelines for the conduct of funerals from Dr ...

Last week, NCR posted a piece by Don Clemmer on the role of eulogies at Catholic funerals in the Chicago Archdiocese. The revised guidelines were released by Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich in November.

When Debbie Miller of Glen Rock was informed she couldn't deliver the eulogy at her mother's funeral, held last month at a Catholic church in Toms River, she was shocked. "It really bothered me," said ...

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The directive suggests personalised tributes could be paid at the cemetery Funeral eulogies are to be banned in one of the largest Catholic dioceses in the Republic of Ireland. The new directive was ...

Funeral eulogies are to be banned in one of the largest Catholic dioceses in the Republic of Ireland. The new directive was issued to priests in the diocese under the bishop of Meath, Dr Michael Smith ...