The funeral Mass is an important moment of prayer and faith after the death of a loved one - but it is not the appropriate time for eulogies, which are better suited for the funeral reception, said ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago promulgated revised guidelines for funerals on All Souls' Day. The document doesn't exactly break new ground in its recommendations, which range from when and where a ...

When Debbie Miller of Glen Rock was informed she couldn't deliver the eulogy at her mother's funeral, held last month at a Catholic church in Toms River, she was shocked. "It really bothered me," said ...

Smith collected memories and delivered a short eulogy at Congdon's funeral Mass last month in St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in the Town of Tonawanda. Years ago, her remarks would have been ...

Last week, NCR posted a piece by Don Clemmer on the role of eulogies at Catholic funerals in the Chicago Archdiocese. The revised guidelines were released by Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich in November.

Roman Catholic Archbishop John J. Myers has barred friends and relatives from delivering funeral eulogies, saying the tributes "are getting out of hand" and can distract from the purpose of the ...

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Back in 2003, then-Archbishop John Myers of Newark made national headlines when he banned eulogies at Catholic funerals. The Associated Press reported that stories ran in newspapers in 12 states, ...