Caring for my senior dog was a masterclass in that Lenten refrain: “Remember you are dust and to dust you shall return.” It was my soul that she was training.

Two health care ethicists continue a conversation started in the pages of America.

Joyelle McSweeney's 'Death Styles'—her 10th book across creative and critical genres—rewards our attention.

Laws aimed at providing "death with dignity" and internet influencers promising to extend life unnaturally are actually two sides of the same coin: In both circumstances, humans usurp a role intended for God.

A proposed assisted-suicide law in Britain does not serve compassion. Instead it presents an illusion of final autonomy.

If heaven is like a wedding banquet, then purgatory may be understood as preparation for a great celebration. It is not a dreary waiting room at the D.M.V., but a place of lively hope.