Family, friends and hundreds of service members in uniform remembered the heroism and self-sacrifice of Luis Alvarez during an emotional funeral Mass.
Death and Dying
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Where is God when a mother dies in childbirth?
We do not anticipate young mothers dying at a moment devoted to birth, and yet we know it happens. We know about death, and yet we are caught unawares by it.
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I grew up in a violent home. The suffering Christ reminds me I am loved.
Like many people raised in an abusive environment, I also married a man who treated me with the disrespect and violence that I had been accustomed to.
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The Catholic high school that holds funerals for homeless veterans
At the time of his death, U.S. Army Veteran Timothy Fowl left behind no known friends or family. But every student left school that day keeping Mr. Fowl’s memory alive.
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My time with Jean Vanier and his mom, the grandmother of L’Arche
Pauline Vanier sold everything she owned and moved into a small house in Trosly-Breuil. She became “Mamie,” the grandmother of L’Arche.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Rachel Held Evans, Christian writer of honesty and humor, dies at age 37
Evans had been in a medically induced coma for several weeks and never returned to an alert state.
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What Islam taught me about dying well
Accompaniment, not technology, might be the most caring thing we can offer those facing death.
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After losing my 8-year-old son to cancer, I am not afraid of death
From 1997: While I am eager to live, I am also eager to take the journey when God calls me.
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U.S. Catholics don’t think much about life after death. Here’s why we should.
The church’s doctrine of the last things underscores the mystery we face as we ponder death.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: To hell and back
A comprehensive new book takes us all the way through Hell.