Crowds have poured into the streets of Uruguay’s capital to bid a poignant farewell to former President José Mujica, a guerrilla fighter-turned-pioneering leader who became an icon of the Latin ...

County staff and Republic Services had their say, and the Planning Commission had these questions for them. Next up: the ...

The BBC reports that thousands filed past the late Pope's casket, which was sealed at ... were also placed inside the coffin, alongside the coffin. Explaining the ritual, Fada Mentor stated ...

Hundreds of thousands filled St. Peter’s Square and lined the streets of Vatican City to bid a solemn farewell to a widely ...

Crowds at the funeral applauded as the pontiff's coffin was brought back into St ... out of St. Peter's Basilica and into the square. The pope's casket was placed on a carpet in front of the ...

eliminating several traditional elements including the three-coffin burial system that typically featured nested cypress, lead and oak caskets. "The simplification is meant to emphasize even more ...

Francis, who suffered a stroke that led to heart failure, personally revised the papal funeral rites last year, eliminating several traditional elements including the three-coffin burial system that ...