The parish can be a nexus for sharing hopes and fears about the last stage of life. Clarifying Catholic teaching about medical technologies and care at the end of life would be another helpful step.

A Homily for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, by Father Terrance Klein

“Authentic palliative care is radically different from euthanasia, which is never a source of hope or genuine concern for the sick and dying,” the pope said in a message to the first International Interfaith Symposium on Palliative Care in Toronto.

What surviving cancer—for now—taught me about life.

With the creation of A.I., anthropomorphized chatbots are one critical example of how the rapidly advancing technology is testing the limits of the human condition.

Our theology of relics tells us something beautiful and profound not only about God but about what we believe about materiality itself.