Passages are read from the Bible during the Christian funeral service and hymns are sung. The purpose of these passages and hymns are often to provide support for the family of the deceased.

"Funeral homes can go out of business ... What songs should be sung? What Bible readings should we select?" Black says, adding: "It was like planning a party that cost thousands of dollars ...

About 300 people were guided through a 90-minute funeral service Friday at Second Ebenezer Church in Detroit that also ...

The service oscillated between enthusiastic song and heartfelt prayer, Bible readings and remembrances ... the National Action Network paid for the funeral's costs, and he called on those in ...

But the bible her late husband gave her survived the ... Melanie also has salvaged her father’s military funeral flag. It was soaked by the flood waters, “but at least I have it.” ...

In the majestic Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington during an Oct. 16 Celebration of Life for Ethel Skakel ...

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Three Supreme Court justices attended the Red Mass in downtown D.C. ahead of the start to another controversial term and ...

On a barge on Rome's River Tiber, a stone's throw from the Vatican, Loan Rocher was "ordained" in a secret ceremony in defiance of the Catholic Church's ban on women deacons and priests.

ABBOTT, Carolyn (Kay) Diane, Bloomington, 11 a.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church, Bloomington. BARTLEY, William, 86, Normal, 11 a.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church ...

The family of the late Pastor Ray McCauley, the founder of the Rhema Bible Church, has revealed the details of his upcoming ...