FUNERAL

Pope Francis will celebrate the funeral for Benedict in St. Peter’s Square, according to the Vatican, an unprecedented event for the current pope.

If you have to pay for a funeral and your loved one died of COVID, you might be able to get some financial help.

The father and son from Cardiff died on Tuesday, police suspect they were poisoned.

Mourners are remembering three of the seven people killed by the gunman who opened fire on a July Fourth parade near Chicago.

Rev. Al Sharpton delivered the eulogy for Patrick Lyoya, the 26-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by a Grand Rapids police officer.

A funeral service is planned for Friday in Grand Rapids for 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya, a Black man who was shot and killed by a police officer after a traffic stop earlier this month.

Images of a Taiwanese official attending her father’s funeral while bound in shackles have drawn public backlash in Taiwan. Chiayi City Councilor Tai Ning (戴寧), who is suspected of embezzling over 5 million New Taiwan dollars (approximately $174,500) in pay meant for city employees, is accused of listing relatives as staff members and pocketing their wages since 2012. The official wanted to attend her father’s funeral as she had not seen her father again before he passed.

Thich Nhat Hanh, who set up meditation centres around the world, died on Saturday in Vietnam.

Watch live as former Sen. Harry Reid lies in state Wednesday at the Capitol rotunda and lawmakers pay their respects.

A beloved Detroit towing company owner died at the age of 65.

Watch live coverage as former Senator Bob Dole is remembered at funeral and memorial services.

The funeral for Oxford High School shooting victim Justin Shilling was held Thursday night.

Friends and family gathered on Monday for the visitation for Tate Myre, a 16-year-old boy who was killed in a shooting at Oxford High School.

Lorraine Blanck, the president of Wallside Windows, has died at the age of 100, according to the family.

A memorial service to Sgt Matiu Ratana, delayed for a year by the pandemic, is held in Westminster.

The funeral service for former Michigan Congresswoman Barbara Rose-Collins will be held Saturday morning in Detroit.

Acquaintance wonder why they are dressed so well.

A priest is telling mourners at a memorial service for slain President Jovenel Moïse that too much blood has been shed in Haiti as authorities warned of more violence ahead of his funeral

A funeral mass and procession were held Saturday morning in Clinton Township for Detroit Fire Department Sr. Lt. Francis Dombrowski.

The Michigan Court of Appeals says a priest who criticized a teenager’s suicide during his funeral is protected by the religion clauses of the First Amendment.

Family and friends came together over the weekend for the funeral of 2-year-old Brison Christian.

The ex-England rugby player praises the Queen's stoicism at the "beautifully done" funeral service.

Watch NBC News special coverage of the funeral for Prince Philip, as the Royal Family gathers to mourn Queen Elizabeth II's husband, who passed away April 9, 2021, at the age of 99.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will begin offering financial support for COVID-19 related funeral expenses.

As part of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act and the American Rescue Plan, the Federal Emergency Management Agency will provide financial assistance for COVID-19 related funeral expenses incurred after Jan. 20, 2020.

DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. – The Dearborn Heights City Hall and city libraries will be closed Monday while a funeral is held for Mayor Dan Paletko. Paletko died after contracting COVID-19, the city announced last week. He was a longtime member of the Dearborn Heights City Council. More: Dearborn Heights Mayor Dan Paletko dies from COVID-19 complicationsCity Hall and the libraries will reopen Tuesday. More: Dearborn Heights news

Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, but it might not be an obvious fact to many that Oswald and Kennedy actually had their respective funerals on the same day.

OAK PARK, Mich. – Family and friends of LaDamien Williams is asking for help covering the boy’s funeral costs. LaDamien was just 12 years old when he was fatally shot Monday inside a home in Oak Park. Here is the statement from the fund organizer:“My friend dedicated her life to saving other peoples lives. She has worked in the healthcare field saving lives every day being there for other people’s family members. She did not have any life insurance for her children and we need to help give this young man, this innocent young man a proper burial.

DETROIT – The final farewell to Corporal Bryant Searcy was Friday at Third New Hope Baptist Church on Detroit’s west side. “It’s a challenging time,” said Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon. Searcy was on duty when he was killed at the Wayne County Jail. Napoleon said if it weren’t for the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of residents would have gathered to pay their respects. READ: Hear from daughter of corporal who was killed by inmate at Wayne County JailMore: Detroit crime news

Funeral held for corporal killed in attack at Wayne County JailPublished: September 11, 2020, 5:11 pmThe final farewell to Corporal Bryant Searcy was Friday at Third New Hope Baptist Church on Detroit’s west side.

DETROIT – A funeral will be held Friday for Wayne County Sheriff’s deputy Corporal Bryant Searcy. Searcy was killed Sept. 2 while on duty at the Wayne County Jail. Deandre Williams, 28, is accused of attacking Searcy, 50, while the corporal was on duty checking jail cells about 10 p.m. that night. Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon said Williams was willing to kill the deputy to try to escape. Williams was charged with premeditated murder, murder of a police officer, felony murder and escaping jail through violence.

Former President Barack Obama, addresses the service during the funeral for the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Thursday, July 30, 2020. He read the Gospel, and he actually believed it love your enemies," added Warnock, who will officiate the funeral. Shortly before he died, Lewis wrote an essay for The New York Times and asked that it be published on the day of his funeral. In the piece published Thursday, Lewis recalled the teachings of King:He said we are all complicit when we tolerate injustice," Lewis wrote. He was wounded for Americas transgressions, crushed for our iniquities and by his bruises we are healed," Warnock added.

WASHINGTON The body of Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon, is arriving in Washington, D.C. Monday morning for a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. Congressman John Lewis died at the age of 80 on July 17 after a six-month battle with stage four pancreatic cancer. You can watch the Washington, D.C. ceremony live in the video player below at 11 a.m.Lewis hearse is stopping at eight locations across Washington, D.C. before arriving at the U.S. Capitol for a ceremony and lying in state. Lewis was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists who organized the 1963 March on Washington, and spoke shortly before the groups leader, Rev. READ: Remembering John Lewis, rights icon and American heroLewis started serving in Congress in 1986 and earned bipartisan respect in Washington, where some called him the conscience of Congress. His humble manner contrasted with the puffed chests on Capitol Hill.

Watch live coverage of the funeral for George Floyd, whose death at the hands of a police officer sparked protests around the world. Watch live here:Floyd, who was 46 when he was killed, will be laid to rest next to his mother. On May 25, as a white Minneapolis officer pressed a knee on Floyd's neck, the dying man cried out for his mother. Floyds death sparked international protests and drew new attention to the treatment of African Americans in the U.S. by police and the criminal justice system. Read more: George Floyd, whose death energized a movement, to be buried

Bryan Smart plants American flags along Hillcroft Ave. as he walks toward The Fountain of Praise church Sunday, June 7, 2020, in Houston. A public memorial and private funeral service for George Floyd will be held at the church. His body arrived in a gold-colored casket that was escorted to The Fountain of Praise church by Houston police. A six-hour viewing that is open to the public was scheduled to begin in the afternoon. Floyd's funeral will be Tuesday, followed by burial at the Houston Memorial Gardens cemetery in suburban Pearland, where he will be laid to rest next to his mother, Larcenia Floyd.

Navy vet's mom denied visa to attend son's funeral in U.S. When a U.S. Navy veteran died at the age of 22, his mother was thousands of miles away in Vietnam. Her requests for a visa to attend her son's funeral in the U.S. were denied both times. Luke Jones of CBS affiliate WREG-TV reports from Blytheville, Arkansas.

Muhammah Ali family spokesperson Bob Gunnell tells Josh Elliot about the 10 years the Ali family took to plan "The Greatest" funeral.