A training programme in Ballyhaunis this winter will prepare over 40 lay persons to help priests officiate at funerals in the ...

The Diocese of Youngstown has issued a decree that calling hours before funerals can no longer take place inside a church building, effective Dec. 1. More families are requesting funeral visitation ...

Catholic funerals express the Christian hope in eternal life and the resurrection of the body on the last day. Every component of Catholic funeral rites should express these fundamental ...

Bishop David J. Bonnar of Youngstown, Ohio, has moved to end holding funeral visitations in Catholic churches in that diocese, citing the proper understanding of the Catholic funeral liturgy rubrics - ...

Bishop Bonnar says that he understands this decision will cause distress for some, but it is his responsibility as Diocesan ...

YOUNGSTOWN − The Catholic Diocese of Youngstown will prohibit calling hours on church properties beginning Dec. 1, with ...

Sunday morning, those at Local Five lost a good friend as former Storm Team Five Chief Meteorologist Tom Mahoney passed away.

Nancy Ellen (Duncan) Brock, age 79, of Brownstown, passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 6, 2025, at Covered Bridge ...

The 18-year-old cheerleader died while on a cruise on the Carnival Horizon, according to the FBI, the lead agency investigating the case.

Christopher "Chris" Lucero 1991-2025 Memorial services for Christopher Lucero will take place Tuesday, Nov. 18, with a visitation at 9 a.m., followed by a church service at 9:30 a.m. at ...

The American experiment has always been tethered to religion, whether it’s “In God We Trust,” or the principle of religious freedom. But, under the Trump White House, religion — Christianity, in ...

A former Madison County funeral director is facing felony theft, fraud, forgery and corrupt business influence charges.