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Richard G. Malloy
‘I try so hard to hold onto pleasant images of Tim, but all I can see is him hanging there in the garage.” So said my sister a few months after our older brother died of suicide. That was one comforting linguistic suggestion, that he “died of suicide,” not that he “comm
FaithFaith in Focus
Mary F. Blehl
“Just live today. Don’t bother thinking about tomorrow, or yesterday. Focus on just one day.”
BLESSED LIVES. Volunteers and participants at a retreat for adults with cognitive disabilities at St. Katharine Drexel Church in Kaukauna, Wis., Sept. 20, 2014 (CNS photo/Sam Lucero, The Compass).
FaithThe Living Word
Candida Moss
Jesus was marked by his wounds in his resurrected life. Will it be the same for us?
Firefighters attend a Sept. 11 ceremony in Exchange Place, N.J., marking the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center (CNS photo/Eduardo Munoz, Reuters).
FaithFaith in Focus
Joseph McAuley
The boy I knew so long ago in grammar and high school had died a martyr, an American hero.
South Africa's first martyr, Benedict Daswa
FaithDispatches
Russell Pollitt, S.J.
Benedict Daswa was brutally murdered for refusing to participate in witchcraft just nine days before the release of Nelson Mandela on Feb. 2, 1990.
FaithIn All Things
Thomas Rosica, C.S.B.

Editors Note, Feb. 25, 2019: America has become aware that this article included extensive unattributed material from other sources. Accordingly, we have removed the text. For more material on this topic, read the original report from Catholic News Service, "Pope Francis For Year of Mercy, Pope Francis extends possibilities for absolution.”