Vandals went through a graveyard in southwest France before dawn on Wednesday smashing anything relating to Christian symbolism, including dozens of stone crosses, crucifixes, and images of angels and the Virgin Mary.
About 40 veteran flag holders were reportedly stolen from graves at a cemetery in La Porte, Indiana, this week.
The crosses on graves in an Italian cemetery in Pieve di Cento were covered with black cloth so as not to offend those who may come from another religion.
Authorities in Texas are investigating a woman’s death after her half-naked body was discovered between two tombstones in southeast Houston, police said.
A Colorado man who pleaded guilty to killing his estranged wife more than 20 years ago recently led authorities to her body, which was buried under the remains of a World War II veteran.
Three people have been arrested for vandalizing a Jewish couple’s headstone at a cemetery in Indiana.
Sweden has opened its first “atheist cemetery” devoid of all religious symbols to accommodate the nation’s massive nonbelieving population.
“People don’t have any morals anymore, apparently,” American Legion Post 83 financial officer James Hiles told the South Bend Tribune, neatly summarizing the case of over 300 bronze medallions stolen from the graves of military veterans in Patton Cemetery.
A Florida cemetery worker has been arrested and charged with stealing the credit card of a deceased U.S. sailor and World War II veteran and making unauthorized purchases, police say.
A bill in the Ohio state legislature that would require women who have abortions or miscarriages to designate whether they want their aborted babies buried or cremated is overwhelming a writer at left-wing Salon.
On Sunday afternoon, Pope Francis traveled to Rome’s largest cemetery to celebrate Mass and pray for the “faithful departed,” an ancient Christian custom associated principally with All Saints Day (Nov 1) and All Souls Day (Nov 2).
Early Thursday morning, 124 headstones at a historic Jewish cemetery in Philadephia were found knocked over.
