The custom is believed to stem from Catholic funeral processions ... Yet I’m struck by the fact that these memorials, while surely beautiful and comforting for the families, offer nothing ...

Chino resident Roy Lopez said he visits Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery every week and ... I want to see something beautiful, something that was well taken care of," he said.

NEW YORK, July 21 – The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark has sued the state of New Jersey, arguing that a new law preventing religious organizations from selling headstones is a violation of ...

ROME (JTA) — Unidentified individuals damaged dozens of gravestones and memorials in both the Catholic and Jewish sections of one of Rome’s main cemeteries. According to the Italian media ...

DUNDALK, Maryland — Dozens of headstones were toppled at a Ukrainian Catholic cemetery in the Baltimore suburbs last week, officials said. Church officials said some 49 headstones were knocked ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Some 49 headstones were knocked over and damaged at the St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic ...

A Catholic police officer murdered in Co Armagh ... Arlene Foster was among those who attended the unveiling of a new headstone at Mr Sheridan's grave in St John's Parish Church in Caledon ...

Modesto Pioneer and St. Stanislaus Catholic cemeteries also were hit, but only a few headstones were damaged at each. Both Modesto police and insurance companies have been contacted, Wagner said ...

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — There are new concerns about conditions at another local Catholic cemetery ... throughout a portion of Holy Sepulchre are headstones that are slumped or tipped over ...

There is no central Catholic church policy on what can and can't be put on headstones, a spokesperson for the church in England and Wales says. The issue hasn't arisen before, with the small ...

The question was what would happen to memorials destined for their cemeteries. The Archdiocese said in part: "Catholic Cemeteries continues to accept orders that have followed the proper ...