National Catholic Register

Who Can Be Denied a Catholic Funeral? A History and Church Teaching on the ‘Very Rare’ Denials

The confrontational behavior by mourners attending a funeral service at New York City’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral for a noted transgender activist on Feb. 15 prompted questions about why the service was ...
National Catholic Register

Irish Priest Calls Musician Shane MacGowan’s Raucous Funeral Mass ‘a Scandal’

A Catholic priest in Northern Ireland has called last week’s funeral Mass for Irish musician Shane MacGowan a scandal. “It was an abuse of what the Mass is and what the Catholic funeral liturgy is all ...
America Magazine

King Charles’s presence at first Catholic royal funeral a ‘historic event’ for church and monarchy

British Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster speaks to Britain's King Charles III, William, the Prince of Wales, and Kate, the Princess of Wales, following the funeral Mass for the Duchess of Kent ...