Like my discernment to enter religious life, it was a gut reaction I acted on and did not look back.

When people face incurable illness, fear of the unknown is a major force that can drive their thinking. The task of physicians is to help calm people and correct their misunderstandings.

Like little sunsets, like a song of ascents, I wish to remember my father.

My wife and I lost a friend on earth, Gerard O’Connell writes, but we now have a friend in heaven.

In his brief final testament, Pope Francis asked to be buried at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major and said he had offered his suffering for peace in the world.

Pope Francis died April 21 after suffering a stroke and heart attack, said the director of Vatican City State’s department of health services. The pope had also gone into a coma.