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California again seeks to pass human composting bill as Catholic bishops oppose it
By Alejandra Molina — June 16, 2022
(RNS) — Burial, cremation and alkaline hydrolysis are the only death care choices currently available in California.
How burying the dead keeps the living human
By Dimitris Xygalatas — May 9, 2022
(The Conversation) — Ukrainian families’ anguish at not being able to bury their loved ones underscores a deep human need, an anthropologist writes.
Sisters in Florida condo collapse buried in same coffin
By Kelli Kennedy and Terry Spencer — July 7, 2021
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The bodies of two young sisters pulled from the rubble of a Florida condo building — so tiny that the 4 and 11-year-olds were placed in the same casket — were buried alongside their parents Tuesday, their white coffin draped with innocent pink and purple ribbons. Lucia Guara, “Lulu bear,” loved […]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg first woman and first Jew to lie in state at US Capitol
By Yonat Shimron — September 22, 2020
(RNS) — No woman, let alone a Jew, has received the honor of lying in state at the U.S. Capitol. For Jews, however, the tradition of lying in state is a difficult one.
‘He is going to change the world’: Funeral held for Floyd
By Nomaan Merchant, Juan Lozano, and Adam Geller — June 10, 2020
HOUSTON (AP) — George Floyd was fondly remembered as “Big Floyd” at a Tuesday funeral in Houston with over 500 attendees.
In California, residents may be able to compost their bodies after death
By Alejandra Molina — March 9, 2020
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — California Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, a Democrat, in late February introduced a piece of legislation that would give residents the legal option to have their bodies transformed into soil.
Cremation plan for late Kenyan politician stirs debate on faith and culture
By Lauren Markoe — April 24, 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — Many in this mostly Christian nation view the practice as contrary to their faith and African culture.
A preacher to millions took comfort in a local church pastor
By Yonat Shimron — March 2, 2018
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (RNS) — The renowned evangelist believed he too needed the guidance and support of a local pastor — a man he chose to preside at his burial.
Jerusalem cemetery goes deep underground with tunnel burials
By Isaac Scharf — November 17, 2017
JERUSALEM (AP) — Tunnels stretching more than a kilometer (half-mile) in length beneath Jerusalem's main cemetery have been carefully dug over the past two years to make room for some 22,000 graves — enough space to meet the city's needs for the next decade.
New Hawaii law legalizes traditional ‘clean burial’ practice
By Reuters — July 1, 2015
HONOLULU (Reuters) Under a new law in Hawaii, the dead can now be put to rest following an ancient Hawaiian custom called "clean burial" in which only a person's bones are buried.
US and Israeli Jews learn how to purify the dead
By Michele Chabin — May 8, 2015
JERUSALEM (RNS) The workshop on ritual purification of the body was part of an 18-day Israel-American study mission on Jewish burial practices and other aspects of death and dying.
Pennsylvania township nixes proposed Islamic cemetery, appeal likely
By Reuters — March 25, 2015
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) The vote against the proposed 80-plot cemetery on an old farm site would have served a congregation of Bosnian Muslims.
Catholics and Anglicans prepare ecumenical burial fit for a king
By Trevor Grundy — March 25, 2015
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) At a special service on Sunday night (March 22), Cardinal Vincent Nichols, head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, said the reburial of King Richard III would draw Anglicans and Catholics closer together.
To fight Ebola, African religious leaders draw safe practices road map
By Fredrick Nzwili — November 26, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) The road map includes actions to fight stigma, discrimination and misinformation and a retooling of burial practices to ensure religious communities burying their dead are using safe practices to avoid infection.
The ‘Splainer: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and religious burial customs
By Kimberly Winston — July 22, 2014
(RNS) For many of the families of the 298 victims aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, the release of the bodies has come too late to complete the burial customs of their various religions.
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