As technology allows bodies to live longer than ever before, palliative care could playing an increasingly important role in end-of-life decisions.
Death and Dying
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Can I be a good husband and father if my own dad wasn’t?
My father was a decorated New York City police officer, but he retired early to focus on his drinking.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
We celebrate the Eucharist every week. Why do we need Corpus Christi?
On this feast, we concentrate upon the Eucharistic elements themselves: the bread and the wine, which become the very presence of Christ in our midst.
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Seeing myself in the Black Madonna
I grew up in the era of “Black is Beautiful.” But standing before ‘La Moreneta’ was different.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
Paying our respects to Brian Doyle
Brian Doyle’s essays were filled with grace and unconcerned with grammar.
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The Queens of Chavara: Carmelite sisters at ground zero of India’s AIDS epidemic
“Yes, some are H.I.V.-positive, but what is that?” asks Sister Agie. “They are precious children; they have their whole life before them.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
The Prayers of Chris Cornell
So many of Cornell’s songs are filled with Christological and sacramental imagery.
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On grieving the loss of a spouse
Finding faith after an unexpected death.
Posted inArts & Culture
A conversation between Alice McDermott and Thomas Lynch on death and grieving in our culture today.
Two Irish-American writers engage questions of mortality with the sense of humor proper to a wake.
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Paying Our Respects: Life, death and the home country
Life, death and the home country