Liam Payne’s body is being prepared for transfer back to his native United Kingdom from Argentina. A source confirmed to Us Weekly that Payne’s remains would be transferred to the British Cemetery in ...

In light of Pope Francis’ death on April 21, Catholic authorities are preparing the much-anticipated process to decide upon his successor. However, many people are wondering about a more burning ...

In most parts of the world, embalming a body is rare, and in some cultures it is forbidden or frowned on. But in this country, embalming has largely become a routine part of the rituals of death. In a ...

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT With hundreds of thousands of Catholics expected to flock to the Vatican to see the late Pope Francis lying in state, the preparation of his body for viewing has been hugely ...

ROME – With the passing of Pope John Paul II (search), a Rome family expected a call from the Vatican to embalm his body. The tradition, carried down from father to son, has for decades fallen to the ...

BRIGHTON, Colo. (CBS4) - The Adams County coroner's office admits it confused two dead bodies and accidentally sent the body of a man to a mortuary where it was embalmed against the family's wishes.

A Florida man has filed a lawsuit charging that mortuary-science students at Lynn University, in Boca Raton, embalmed his wife’s body without his permission. The lawsuit accuses the university of ...