How do you lose a casket? My friend hasn’t figured that out, but eventually, as Julian of Norwich assures us, all was well. We lived in Alaska then, and my …
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By Robert Seelig This past year, the wildly popular and long-running primetime ABC-TV reality show “Shark Tank” had two companies pitch novel ideas for disposing human remains. In April, an …
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UPDATE: Alabama carries out first-ever nitrogen gas execution decried by faith leaders
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsBy Kate Scanlon Peter Jesserer Smith(OSV News) — The state of Alabama carried out the first known execution by nitrogen gas Jan. 25 after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a …
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General who headed Notre Dame Cathedral rebuilding dies at 74 while hiking in mountains
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsPARIS (OSV News) — The French army general appointed by President Emmanuel Macron to oversee the reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral will not see the reopening of the pearl of …
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LVIV, Ukraine (OSV News) — Faith, family and a love of liberty are sustaining Ukrainian soldiers amid a bloody counteroffensive against invading Russian forces, a military chaplain told OSV News. …
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(OSV News) — Since Pope Benedict’s death at age 95 on Dec. 31, much ink has already been spilled detailing both his accomplishments and failures throughout his long life of …
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[This story is being updated throughout the day.] By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Retired Pope Benedict XVI, who had an impressive record as a teacher …
