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Cardinals in the Catholic Church witness many grand liturgical rituals in life. In death, their funerals are far more simple than for a bishop in his own cathedral, even a pastor in his own parish.

(RNS) — As a Jew reading about Pope Francis’ funeral wishes, the precedent set by Rabban Gamliel immediately came to mind. These two religious leaders, centuries apart, broke with traditions around ...

THEY BURIED a good guy this week, a man of many talents who grew up in Hell’s Kitchen, but his obit got squeezed out of the papers by a couple of other deaths. Joseph O’Keefe was a retired Catholic ...