Walter F. Mondale was the embodiment of a kind of decency and civility that has all but disappeared from the American political scene.

Hans Küng was first in flair and media savviness among 20th-century theologians.

Even as a child she sensed that Africa was her destiny, the roots of her mission vocation found in a fourth-grade geography textbook that pictured giraffes loping across the plain

Rev. Enda McDonagh served the Irish church as a compassionate priest and renowned theologian. He died on Feb. 24.

A prominent figure in United Nations efforts to help women in Africa escape poverty, Margaret Snyder was inspired by her parents and by Catholic mentors from her hometown.

Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth’s home run record and gracefully left his mark as one of baseball’s greatest all-around players, died Friday.