Roberts Temple Church, at 40th and State streets, will preserve the site where Till’s body was displayed in an open casket and launched the modern Civil Rights Movement.

Pope Francis is lying in state in an open casket at St. Peter's ... ’ death and funeral inaugurates a carefully orchestrated period of transition in the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church, ...

Nearly 70 years ago, Mamie Till-Mobley held an open casket funeral for her son, Emmett Till, at a church on the South Side of Chicago. The sight of his 14-year-old body, bloated and disfigured ...

Mourners have sparked outrage after taking selfies with the open casket of Pope Francis.. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church is currently lying in state in St Peter’s Basilica ahead of his ...

After an open-casket funeral at their mother’s church, the children of Kyung Ja Kim gathered around a gravesite to see her laid to rest. As the casket was lowered into the grave, the funeral ...

She was visibly moved as she stood by his open casket. advertisement. spot on news US. ... She can be seen in the images wearing a black pantsuit, visibly moved by the death of the head of the Church.

Pope Francis Lies in Open Casket amid Memorial Rites as Date and Location of Funeral Are Announced The late pontiff's funeral will take place on Saturday, April 26, five days after his death at ...

The crowds were so overwhelming the Vatican kept St. Peter's Basilica open until 5:30 a.m. A rotating committee of cardinals is overseeing Vatican operations until a new pope is elected.

Mourners have sparked outrage after taking selfies with the open casket of Pope Francis. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church is currently lying in state in St Peter’s Basilica ahead of his ...