The Roman Catholic Church still teaches that bodily burial is preferable to cremation, since “like Christ in His Resurrection ...

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The earliest burial rites in Villanovan culture typically involved cremation, with the ashes of the dead being placed in a decorated pottery ossuary of a biconical, or two-storied form, covered with a ...

YALOVA, Turkey, March 7 (Reuters) - Hakan Kilic and his family celebrate his mother-in-law's birthday every year in Turkey's Yalova province next to a portrait of her made from her cremated ashes.

During the service, a priest or other minister draws a cross of ashes on their forehead. The distribution of ashes underscores human mortality, among other themes in the Christian faith.

Pope Francis marked Ash Wednesday by blessing ashes and placing a call from his hospital room to a Gaza parish as Catholics around the world celebrated the first day of Lent by praying for the ...

Like in past years, a church in East Providence offered ashes to those who could not attend services. People were invited to take advantage of the drive-through ashes outside Newman Congregational ...

On Wednesday, many Christians will show up to work with ashes smudged on their foreheads. Many more will head to church on their lunch break or after work to receive a cross of ashes on their face.

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Ash Wednesday is on March 5, also known as the Day of Ashes, where you may see people with ashes in the shape of a cross smudged on their forehead or abstaining from eating meat. Ash Wednesday is ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – An interactive map created by the Archdiocese of New York will show you what churches are giving out ashes on Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent.