None of us is immune to sickness and death. All of us will experience it ourselves, and we experience it in different ways with those around us. It would do all of us well to be more fully aware of what resources
On the sixth anniversary of his sister’s death, columnist David Mills revisits the feeling of loss. “It’s weird how that day, that very bad day, seems to be a long time ago and just yesterday, because I've adjusted to a world without
Catholics in the U.K. paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II following her death Sept. 8 and the end of a reign that lasted more than 70 years.
Pope Francis sent a telegram addressed "To His Majesty the King, Charles III," her son who
With the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, Monsignor Owen F. Campion, chaplain for OSV, recalls the legacy of the long-ruling monarch. He writes: “The passing of Queen Elizabeth II ends an era. In what was to be her last,
A reader writes: “Our new priest often does not celebrate the saint listed for the day at Mass. He just wears green and says the prayers from Sunday. This upsets and confuses some of us. What are the requirements for the priest?”
Columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez shares the story of her friend Deirdre McQuade, who is in her last days battling cancer: “And every moment, excruciating as it can be with pain and the sure knowledge that life is at its end for family
Gretchen Crowe shares how her husband’s grandmother recently passed away and the witness her death gave the family: “Michael went as frequently as he could, given the two-hour drive, but Michael’s father, Bob, went to visit his mother-in-law nearly every day. Those
A reader shares, “There was a discussion among my Protestant family recently following the death of a close family member, and someone who was trying to be consoling said, ‘Well, it was just her time.’ I fully believe that this isn’t true.”
A reader asks: What are we to make of near death experiences, such as when patients report seeing the white light, being at peace in heaven, reuniting with long lost relatives, and even meeting Jesus? In his latest column, Monsignor Charles Pope
A reader asks: “The Book of Wisdom says, ‘For God formed man to be imperishable; the image of his own nature he made him. But by the envy of the devil, death entered the world, and they who are allied with him