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Human hands hold composted soil
Politics & SocietyNews
Gina Christian - OSV News
Human composting and alkaline hydrolysis do not satisfy the Catholic Church’s requirements for proper respect for the dead, the U.S. bishops said in a recent statement.
Politics & SocietyNews
Alejandra Molina - Religion News Service
Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell was committed to ‘the ordinary person, not the rich Catholic,’ said Linda Dakin-Grimm, an immigration attorney who worked with the bishop. His death is being investigated as a homicide.
FaithFaith in Focus
Paul Wilkes
Brother Mary Joseph lay in state at Mepkin Abbey, his simple funeral liturgy soon to begin, fitting for a man who lived a simple life at the South Carolina Trappist monastery.
FaithFaith in Focus
Jim McDermott
When someone dies, it is only right that family and friends be given a chance to share their memories of their loved one. But the balance between pastoral care and logistical realities can be a tough one to strike.
branch of tree in late fall early winter with a few leaves
FaithFaith in Focus
Joe Hoover, S.J.
When our superior told us that Jerry Huyett had died in Florida, I realized, in a way I never quite had before, a very basic thing; maybe the most basic thing of all: Life ends.
vietnam image of a priest holding up the eucharist and soldiers standing around him, the priest is father quealy who died a few months later
FaithFaith in Focus
Christopher Parker
Father Michael Quealy, the first military chaplain killed in action in Vietnam, was honored on the day of his death in the Reading of the Names ceremony.