When John Paul II died 2005, many experienced the passing of this world-historical figure who was pope for 27 years as the ...

During his funeral Mass Saturday, Pope Francis was remembered for his extraordinary legacy of service to those on life’s ...

His funeral procession moved ... as the epicenter of world’s largest Christian faith. The circuitous procession traversed the Tiber River and symbols of the city’s ancient power, the Roman ...

Nwaohia in his shrine surrounded by effigies and symbols representing ... while participating in both Christian and traditional rituals like naming ceremonies or funerals. The adherents of ...

“These are the prescriptions for those attending the Pope's funeral ... a nondenominational Christian, may have chosen not to wear black as a symbol of their non-Catholic beliefs.

The six-kilometer (about 3.5-mile) funeral procession that carried Pope Francis from St. Peter’s to St. Mary Major was filled ...

That year, Francis appeared to suggest that Trump was "not Christian ... symbol that the Church isn't just European — it's global and diverse. Francis made arrangements for a far simpler funeral ...

the tree became a cross and the Christian symbol serves as the “new concept of the tree of life,” Sciaccia said. Other popular motifs are wreaths, or full circles, often used on funeral rushnyky to ...

In China, Japan and Christian art, the pomegranate is seen as a symbol of fertility and abundance ... It was also used symbolically in funeral offerings as ivory and stone pomegranates.