In a used bookstore in Philadelphia, I paid eight dollars for a collection of dead people. Of course, bookstores generally do not deal in cadavers. But they do sell objects imbued with history: a ...

ROME, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Each time he went to a funeral, Gino Verani came away with a "santino," the traditional laminated card with a picture of the deceased on the front and a prayer on the back.

There's a nonstop party going on in my Bible, and all the guests, sadly but undeniably, are dead. Every time I attend a funeral, I take one of those prayers cards stacked near the sign-in book. You ...

As Renee has such wonderful penmanship, she always signs the guest book while I gather the funeral cards. When loved ones die, visitation is so important for the family but the cards are important for ...