It's been six years since the Ford government asked the public to weigh in on the practice of human composting. Across the ...

Lashed to the bow of the USS Olympia, the Unknown Soldier and his detachment of Marines battled a storm that threatened to ...

The premise of a green burial, say advocates of the practice, is to return us to the Earth, replenish it and help it to outlive us.

After a prayer, Cheney's casket was carried out of the National Cathedral by eight military body bearers shortly after 1 p.m. while the Battle Hymn of the Republic was sung. Rev. Randolph Hollerith, ...

I’ve always been drawn to the quiet mystery of abbeys — in books, in travel, and even here in Louisiana. Until earlier this month I had never been to St. Joseph Abbey near Covington. All I knew about ...

Brother Joseph picks peaches in the courtyard at New Melleray Abbey, a Trappist Monastery near Dubuque, on Sept. 8. As part of his work at the Abbey, Brother Joseph maintains a small orchard of apple ...

Trey Ganem of Texas-based SoulShine Industries says the caskets and urns are the least he can do to help grieving families heal. Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves 18 missing and feared dead ...