Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnois made statement after reports that practice had developed in parts of diocese recently ...

The Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnois, Paul Connell, has this week clarified his opposition to churches in the diocese hosting wakes in which a deceased person is reposed in an open coffin.

Bishop Paul Connell told parishioners that while a parish hall is acceptable, a church isn’t.

From Dracula’s resting place to polished funeral-home displays, the vessels we associate with death have evolved, and so has the language. Take the words coffin and casket, for example. People tend to ...

Krystle Johnson said her family planned to hold an open-casket funeral after her mother-in-law died July 31 at a hospice facility. But after making arrangements with McDermott’s Funeral Home and ...

The Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnois, Paul Connell, has clarified his opposition to churches in the diocese hosting wakes in which a deceased person is reposed in an open coffin.