What Is a Catholic Cemetery?
The history of how the cemetery came to represent many forms — religious, civic, military, private — but lost its Catholic heart.
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Where Hope Never Dies: Roman Underground Cemetery Welcomes Jubilee Pilgrims
The underground cemeteries, nearly 2,000 years old, hold some of the earliest evidence of Christian faith, belief in the dignity of the human body, and hope in eternal life.
Hitchcock, Jack the Ripper and a Catholic Cemetery
Among London’s Catholic dead, life is to be found.
All Souls’ Day: The Theology of a Catholic Cemetery
COMMENTARY: The month of November invites us to reflect on several vital truths about these sacred grounds.
A Grave Problem: NJ Ban on Religious Headstone Sales Could Violate Constitution
The bill, signed into law March 23 by Gov. Chris Christie, bars any 'religious corporation, association, organization or society' that owns, controls or manages a cemetery from selling memorials, vaults or mausoleums.
‘Pray for the Forgotten,’ Pope Exhorts on Feast of All Souls
Praying for the departed is part of the Tradition of the Church, Pope Francis said, especially through the Eucharistic celebration.
