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.

Loving God, today, we grieve for our beloved Pope Francis.

Caring for my senior dog was a masterclass in that Lenten refrain: “Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return.” It was my soul that she was training.