To live in hope is to want nothing less for ourselves than what God wants for us. If that were the fundamental desire of our lives, what would change? How would we be resurrected?

Cardinal Gerhard Muller said church law has not specified exactly what should be done with "cremains."

"It is very encouraging to witness the faith of the community of Christians living in that enclosed space and also in the midst of a huge Muslim community majority," said Cardinal Nichols.

A desire to return to nature need not be labeled “un-Christian.” Ashes to ashes, after all.

Archbishop Tobin is a man of simple lifestyle, committed to dialogue, encounter and the poor.

Many of the themes the pope touched on have played out in debates between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.