In a used bookstore in Philadelphia, I paid eight dollars for a collection of dead people. Of course, bookstores generally do not deal in cadavers. But they do sell objects imbued with history: a ...

It's natural to want to help a bereaved family during their time of loss, but whether you should put money in a sympathy card can actually be a bit of a touchy subject. Like everything else ...

ROME, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Each time he went to a funeral, Gino Verani came away with a "santino," the traditional laminated card with a picture of the deceased on the front and a prayer on the back.

There's a nonstop party going on in my Bible, and all the guests, sadly but undeniably, are dead. Every time I attend a funeral, I take one of those prayers cards stacked near the sign-in book. You ...

On August 28, 1922, the funeral for Michael Collins was held in Dublin. A century later, the revolutionary's relative has shared the mass card used that day. A relative of Michael Collins has shared ...