Police and Suicide: A Hidden Epidemic
Police officers are more likely to die by suicide than be killed by criminals. A retired Catholic Charities executive and others are working to change that.
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Confronting Teen Suicide
Young people have never been more connected or more isolated. A psychologist and a teen advocate for suicide prevention shed light on this crisis.
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Purgatory on Earth?
I read somewhere a theory that after death we live our lives over again to see the sins we committed, the people we hurt, and that impact on others. At my advanced age, I am constantly recalling various times in ...
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Is Suicide a Sin?
I once read in a Catholic newspaper that suicide may not be a sin if a person is depressed or mentally ill or does not appreciate that what he or she is doing is wrong. What does the Catholic Church ...
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Straight Talk about Suicide
For too long, suicide has been shrouded in darkness. Father Ronald Rolheiser, OMI, wants to bring this tragedy out of the shadows of shame and into the light of God’s healing love.
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St. Francis and US Veterans
In Assisi, there's a statue of St. Francis like no other. There's no tonsure, no brown robe, no birds, no halo. Many visitors and pilgrims don't at first recognize this bronze of an armored soldier on his horse as the ...
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