Roman Catholic funerals, with or without the remains present, may be held in the Mission Church provided the deceased individual was a current student, faculty, or staff member of Santa Clara ...

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Born in Moca, Puerto Rico on May 17, 1943, he was a son of the late Florenico and Margarite Roman. Miguel was a member of St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church, Reading. He was employed 35 years ...

In a Catholic funeral several symbols are used. The paschal candle, sometimes known as the Easter candle, is lit as a sign of the light of Christ. The belief is that in the darkness the light of ...

Bloody, brutal but popular, gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman civilization ... The practice began as an ancient Etruscan funeral ritual: when a tribal chief died ...

Gustavo Gutiérrez founded liberation theology, both revered and reviled in the Catholic Church. The Archdiocese says worshipper numbers had fallen at St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Cheriton.

An example of a church built in the circular style is the St Oliver Plunkett Roman Catholic Church at Toomebridge – the altar is in the exact centre of the church and the worshippers sit round it.

Not much information exists about Roman women in the first century. Women were not allowed to be active in politics, so nobody wrote about them. Neither were they taught how to write, so they ...

Traditionally, Catholic funerals are led by clergy rather than lay people - the ceremony includes a Mass which can only be led by an ordained priest. However, with so few young men joining the ...

Vicente Caraballo Roman, 89, Reading ... Services will be Friday at 11 a.m. in Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home Inc., West Reading. Burial will be in Charles Evans Cemetery. Friends may call today ...

Bethel’s emotional eulogy came during a Funeral Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul that was packed with public officials, police officers, and Roman’s friends and family.

PHILADELPHIA - A day of sadness and a solemn goodbye will be held Thursday as Philadelphia Police Officer Jaime Roman will be laid to rest. In light of the somber day with the funeral, the city ...