Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook “Death and the Miser” is a 1561 painting from Hieronymus Bosch that depicts a classical deathbed ...

Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble, FSP, has had an interesting Twitter project for the last year and a half: she has kept a small (ceramic) skull on her desk, and has been tweeting daily meditations on death ...

When I was a little girl, I lived in my grandparents’ home, alongside my father and brother. Because of this, I was privy to a lot of early life lessons, particularly related to death. I would ...

Memento mori, a Latin phrase meaning "remember you must die," encourages us to live life to the fullest. The phrase originates from ancient Rome, where a servant would remind victorious generals of ...

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On a chilly November evening, there wasn’t much for a 6-year-old to do in a small three-room apartment five flights above Bronx streets. So I sat on the sofa, gazing at the torchiere lamp. The lamp ...