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Death

It’s okay to do these 3 things when you’ve lost a loved one

Give yourself permission to let the experience of grief be personal and unique.

New reports show suicide rates continue on worrying upward trend

CDC says situation is worst since World War II.

Pray this prayer to Mary for a peaceful parting from this world

"Be for me the ladder and the way to heaven."

5 Tips for helping children deal with the loss of a sibling through miscarriage

There are a number of key things you can do to help a child grieve their loss.

The last lesson my dying 101-year-old grandmother taught me

Death has something to teach us about giving birth ...

Friars in Boston come together to bury abandoned baby

The poignant ceremony demonstrates the value of each and every life.

Irish police recover stolen head of 800-year-old Crusader

Returned to its resting place after it had gone missing for a week, it is unclear why the head was stolen.

Czech ossuary of 60,000 skeletons to be cleaned and preserved

Bones in the Sedlec Ossuary came from a monastery cemetery in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Muslim man should have had imam at execution, say US bishops

The death penalty itself is an affront to human dignity ... Mr. Ray bore the further indignity of being refused spiritual care in his last moments of life

Bailey refused to die until he could embrace his newborn sister

His dying promise? To watch over her from heaven.

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