In the Roman Catholic Church incense is very commonly used at funeral Masses, where it is used to bless the altar and also the casket of the deceased. Evangelical Christian churches normally do ...

The General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM ... According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, unburned grains of incense are placed into the sepulcher of consecrated altars.

Incense and candles release substantial quantities of pollutants that may harm health, a detailed new study of air quality in a Roman Catholic church suggests. Even brief exposure to contaminated ...

For nearly 800 years the Catholic Church has utilised the process of the conclave to elect a new pope. “Conclave” means “with a key”, i ...