hospice
Tim Keller, influential author and pastor, receiving hospice care at home
By Bob Smietana — May 18, 2023
(RNS) — Keller, founder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, was first diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2020.
Helping the vulnerable at risk for assisted suicide
By Charles C. Camosy — December 30, 2019
(RNS) — Physician-assisted suicide is one of the few issues that doesn't fall into the well-worn grooves of the culture wars. For that reason, we have a chance to resist it.
Finding a faith that is stronger than death — or my family’s rejection
By Heidi Hall — September 26, 2019
(RNS) — I want an afterlife like my life has been: one like Revelation 7:9, a great multitude of diverse people existing together in love of each other and their Creator. It’s not up to me to say who qualifies.
Eugene Peterson, pastor and author of ‘The Message,’ is under hospice care
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 15, 2018
(RNS) — Eugene Peterson, the bestselling author of 'The Message' and longtime pastor praised as a 'shepherd’s shepherd,' is moving into hospice and receiving palliative medical care as he faces the progression of dementia and heart failure.
Pope Francis makes surprise visits to neonatal unit, hospice
By Josephine McKenna — September 16, 2016
ROME (RNS) The impromptu visits, part of the Holy Year of Mercy events, were aimed at highlighting the Catholic Church's teaching on the sanctity of all life at all stages.
COMMENTARY: May God have mercy on Fred Phelps
By Amy Tracy — March 20, 2014
(RNS) I don’t like to think of Jesus with Fred Phelps through the hands and words of a hospice volunteer -- but that shows how far off the mark I am in the grace department. It’s a cause for prayer, for sure.
Chaplains help others grieve, but learn to grieve themselves
By Adelle M. Banks — February 5, 2014
(RNS) This often-unspoken need is now being addressed across the country, with new training and a greater emphasis on mentoring.
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