Burial after suicide

Question: My understanding is that the Church did not formerly grant burial in consecrated ground to someone who committed suicide. When did this change and why? —Amy Smith, Arlington, Va. Answer: Yes, there were restrictions many decades ago. This has changed to

Editorial: Don’t be removed

The shocking deaths of fashion designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain within days of each other in early June shone a renewed light on the issue of suicide. And new statistics from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, released that