(RNS) — The Rev. Terry Martin wrote his book after his own suffering in silence connected him, he says, to the suffering of animals. (RNS) — The Rev. Terry Martin had served large, busy Catholic ...

After the loss of a pet, many people wonder whether they’ll ever see their beloved companions again. In her course, “Do All Dogs Go to Heaven?”, Chelsea Jordan King, an assistant professor of Catholic ...

Do dogs go to Heaven? Many years ago, Pope Paul VI consoled a tearful child with the hope that it might be possible—the reference more recently was incorrectly attributed to Pope Francis. Perhaps Sox ...

Dear Abby: “Missing My Cat in Georgia” (June 20) was told by his Catholic friend that his cat wouldn’t be joining him in the afterlife. I have been an ordained pastor for 27 years. Last summer my cat, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. In my last column, I wrote about St. Francis and the Blessing of the Animals for his feast day in ...

There were two ways to go on the night before the vet went about his merciful-but-awful-and-oh-so-sad work on my family’s dog, my dog, Kiu, and I hated both of them. One was to cry and shy away from ...

Dear Ann Landers: I am writing to ask a big favor of you. Last month, I lost my little canine companion of 14 years and, needless to say, this has been a very difficult time for me. Gretel was such a ...

In our fast-paced human world, it’s easy to forget that for our dogs, every moment with us is their whole world. Dogs don't worry about the future or dwell on the past—they live in the now, and that ...

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Dec. 20, 2005 — -- Nearly nine out of 10 people in the United States say they believe in heaven, according to a recent ABC News poll. But what exactly do people think of when they think of an ...