Few dishes carry a name as ominous as funeral potatoes, yet behind that gloomy title sits one of America's most comforting ...

Luhya elders shared how COVID-19 quietly transformed Luhya funeral traditions, while reflecting on the cultural shift and the ...

New Orleans conducted a deeply meaningful ceremony combining multifaith memorial services with traditional jazz funeral celebrations to honor 19 African American individuals whose remains were finally ...

The Ganges River in India is a final resting place for the ashes of loved ones. For those who can't make the journey, a river in Florida has become a substitute for the funeral tradition.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Mourners will bid their final farewells to the late Pope Francis at his funeral on Saturday, which will blend conventional Catholic funeral traditions with rituals reserved ...

(RNS) — As a Jew reading about Pope Francis’ funeral wishes, the precedent set by Rabban Gamliel immediately came to mind. These two religious leaders, centuries apart, broke with traditions around ...

A traditional priest and fisherman was buried inside a giant blue teapot in Ghana’s Central Region in 2009. - Regula Tschumi It was a funeral two years in the making. The deceased had laid in a morgue ...