Navalny to be buried in Moscow on Friday, wife fears possible arrests
Reuters Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s funeral will be held in Moscow on Friday, his wife Yulia announced, but she said she was unsure if it would pass off peacefully and that plans for a civil memorial service had been blocked. Kira Yarmysh, Navalny’s spokesperson, posted on X that a service for Navalny would be […]
California legalises human composting bill against opposition by Catholic bishops
United StatesRNS The process of converting bodies into soil is now legal in California after Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed a bill that will allow human composting in the Golden State. Burial, cremation and alkaline hydrolysis have been the only death care choices available in California. Beginning in 2027, human composting, or natural organic reduction, will […]
DEATH: IN THE US, COMPOSTING MAY OFFER THE LATEST OPTION IN GREEN BURIALS
TRACEY SIMMONS, of Religion News Service, looks at the emerging option for having one’s body composted after death…
Cutting of burial cross in public cemetery in Indonesia “against constitution” say church leaders
World Watch Monitor The removal of a cross on the grave of a Catholic before he could be buried in an Indonesian public cemetery has been condemned by the country’s church leaders, reports the Catholic news agency UCAN. Albertus Slamet Sugihardi died in the village of Purbayan, in the province of Central Java. His funeral was […]
Cremation plan for late Kenyan politician stirs debate on faith and culture
RNS Kenneth Matiba, a popular politician in Kenya who died last week, will be cremated this week – a plan that has set off a debate in this mostly Christian country, where many view the practice as contrary to their faith and African culture. His family announced Monday that Mr Matiba, a democracy activist and Anglican […]