When thinking about funerals (you know, as one does), you likely picture mourners clad in black surrounding a casket or scattering ashes into the wind. These traditions are meant to honor someone ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Growing numbers of Vietnam veterans are being laid to rest in recent years, and in many cases their families are attending ...

On September 8th, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II of the UK passed away peacefully at her Balmoral estate at the age of 96, after a historic 70-year reign. This video explores the planning of her funeral, ...

The funeral for Pope Francis will include many long-held traditions, but will also eschew some of the more intricate customs after the pope amended the Catholic Church's papal funeral rights. Francis ...

The Amish funeral procession is marked by tradition and solemnity. The hearse, a large black carriage pulled by Percherons or Standardbred horses, leads the way to the gravesite. Accompanying the ...

In life, Pope Francis strayed from the more conservative path forged by his predecessors Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict. But in death, Francis will be following in many of John Paul’s footsteps.

To tell a story of New Orleans requires a certain patience and reserve. A willingness to draw connections that are hardly possible for any other city in America, yet undeniable in the Big Easy. Most ...

Ali Dunworth explores the culture, customs and craic surrounding pints in Ireland in her new book "A Compendium of Irish Pints". In this extract, she explores the complex relationship between the ...