Tag funerals

The Prayer of the Church for the Deceased

Conférence de Mgr-Olivier de Cagny le 23 novembre 2025 au sanctauire Notre-Dam de Montligeon

Olivier de Cagny, Bishop of Évreux, explores the meaning of the Church’s prayer for the deceased at the heart of the Mass. Digging into the Eucharistic prayers and the memento of the dead, he shows how the liturgy bears the…

Obsequies: Mass or Simple Blessing?

Don Patrick Pinard-Legry au micro de RCF.

What should we choose for funerals, a Mass or just a blessing? Less than half of the French wish to have a religious service for their own obsequies. Still, when a loved-one dies, the question of choosing between a Mass…

Should you attend the cremation of a loved-one?

Nowadays, cremation has become commonplace. Is cremation forbidden by the Church? What is its meaning? Should we attend the cremation of a loved-one? Christian de Cacqueray, the founder of the Catholic Service of Funerals, gives his point of view.