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.

Two health care ethicists continue a conversation started in the pages of America.

Joyelle McSweeney's 'Death Styles'—her 10th book across creative and critical genres—rewards our attention.

Laws aimed at providing "death with dignity" and internet influencers promising to extend life unnaturally are actually two sides of the same coin: In both circumstances, humans usurp a role intended for God.