A Catholic priest in Northern Ireland has called last week’s funeral Mass for Irish musician Shane MacGowan a scandal. “This is an abuse of the liturgy. It’s sacrilegious. A requiem Mass is not for ...

A Catholic priest in Northern Ireland has called last week’s funeral Mass for Irish musician Shane MacGowan a scandal. “It was an abuse of what the Mass is and what the Catholic funeral liturgy is all ...

At an age when most boys idolise footballers, Joseph Twomey recalled sending fan mail to a funeral director whose career he had been following for some time. The 27-year-old said that working in ...