As the Church prepares to celebrate the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, Gretchen R. Crowe writes about the care her husband, Michael, gave to his dying grandfather. “As John laid in his bed with little time left, but also nothing
For the Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, writer Timothy OM’alley reminds us that God did not make death. Jesus came to heal the world of the evils of death, of darkness, of the loss of communion. O’Malley writes: “As the Church, dear
As dusk fell April 29, nurses pushed Father Michael Kottar in his wheelchair just outside a North Carolina rehabilitation center where 27 young men studying to become priests stood preparing to say goodbye.
At 53, Father Kottar, a priest from the Diocese of
Question: A post from a Facebook friend puts forth this position: God has “set” the day and time of our death, so there is no sense in fighting against COVID. God will pull my card at the appointed time, and that is
As the world mourned the loss of basketball great Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others killed in a tragic helicopter crash Jan. 26, many recalled how Bryant gave much credit to his Catholic faith for seeing him through the
The ceramic skull on Sister Theresa Aletheia’s desk is a daily reminder that she will die one day. Rather than ignore death, she prefers to meditate on it. “Death is a reality of human life. A reality that you or I could
When archdiocesan Catholic Cemeteries director Peter Nobes first heard composting might emerge as an eco-friendly burial alternative, he thought it was a crazy idea.
You know those summer days when the only word for the sunlight is brilliant? That is how I would describe the morning of Saturday, July 13. All of creation seemed to be reverencing the life of Jim Rutherford on the day of
‘Euthanasia and assisted suicide are a defeat for all. We are called never to abandon those who are suffering.’
In this week's column, publisher Scott Richert writes about his friend Aaron Wolf, who wasn't a Catholic, but he made Scott a better one.