Your mom’s gone. That’s what people told me during the last year of my mother’s life when she suffered from dementia.

They stood out because they stood together, employing the wisdom of young parents, in the back of a hotel ballroom packed with 2,800 permanent deacons, their wives and children.

Pope Francis will visit Dublin and Knock Aug. 25-26, mainly for the World Meeting of Families. But he also will meet Irish government leaders and is expected to meet with survivors of abuse.

The documentary version of Andrew Solomon's book emphasizes the love parents have for children with autism, deafness and other unexpected identities.

Jesus would have definitely taken his paid days of vacation—all of them.