From his appointment by President Gerald Ford in 1975 through his retirement in June 2010, he shaped decisions that touched countless aspects of American life.

During her lifetime, poetry turned into a vocation that helped Marie Ponsot achieve her true essence.

The much beloved bishop was recalled by many both in California and across the country as a churchman who lived by a simple code: "We are here to serve, and to do it with a touch of class."

Jean Vanier lived the beautiful mystery of our human condition that we need one another, young and old, strong and weak.

Evans had been in a medically induced coma for several weeks and never returned to an alert state.

Tobias Wolff pays tribute to John L'Heureux, a literary giant and a great teacher of essential human truths.