Death remains as certain as taxes. Yet, the way we mark it has changed over the years. A growing trend in the funeral business sees a secular shift. More than 30,000 funerals last year in Britain, for ...

God. Jesus. Heaven. God. Jesus. Heaven. I knew that Walter Pines didn’t believe in any of these things. But if you had attended his funeral, you’d have thought he was as true believer as they come.

Green funerals are poised to grow quickly in the coming decades. A number of death care firms are ready for the secular trend. The shift to eco-friendly funerals won’t happen overnight. With a small ...

ROME, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Italy held its first non-religious funeral for a head of state on Tuesday with a secular service in parliament for Giorgio Napolitano, a two-time president who died last week ...

In a crisis it is difficult to go your own way. People fall back to what they are familiar with, which is often church. Choosing a celebrant for a funeral service is still rare. I want people to ...

The number of people in the UK who opt for non-religious funeral services is set to rise dramatically over the coming years, according to a presenter at the Death, dying & disposal conference ...

Sadly, we have reflected a lot about funerals recently. How his funeral was conducted was important to Albert Meltzer, not least because he had seen so many old comrades and friends receive totally ...