On this note, Francis pointed to the role of grandparents in society, emphasizing their role in promoting the 'balanced development of the young' and a culture of peace.

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Timothy Cardinal Dolan joins TODAY to discuss the death of Pope Francis and the “high significance” of dying on Easter Monday ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Knopf publisher Jordan Pavlin and Shelley Wanger, Joan Didion's longtime editor and one of her literary trustees about the new book Notes to John.

Nursing influencer Hailey Okula’s husband, Matthew Okula, is sharing an honest update after her death. “For those of you who knew Hailey, you know the incredible joy she brought to everything ...

Pope Francis did not fear death, but instead welcomed the 'new beginning' of eternal life with God, he revealed in an essay written just two months ago. Francis, who died yesterday aged 88 ...

Even if the dying person is not conscious, those who are present will draw consolation from these prayers and come to a better understanding of the paschal character of Christian death.

His death came after Francis ... Carlos Duarte Ibarra, who was dying of leukemia. An impressionable 16-year-old, the future pope took comfort in Duarte’s absence of religious sternness and ...

The death was confirmed and announced by the Pope's "camerlengo", or chamberlain - currently Irish-American cardinal Kevin Farrell. The camerlengo manages the various procedures and rites which ...