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November 5, 2021

Mary Marrocco: Love finds a way to deal with death

Chiara Corbella Petrillo was a young Italian wife and mother who avoided inducing a premature birth and invasive treatment for cancer while she was pregnant. She is pictured in 2012 at Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, not long before her death at age 28.

Is love stronger than death? What an arduous, soul-changing task it is to test for ourselves the answer to this question.

Published in Mary Marrocco
May 21, 2020

Grieving a ‘hidden tragedy’ of pandemic

A priest blesses the coffins of two victims of COVID-19 during a burial ceremony in Italy.

The quiet victims during the worldwide coronavirus pandemic have been those grieving the death of a loved one.

Published in Canada
April 22, 2020

Bob Brehl: Grief manifests in a lockdown world

Funeral service workers transport a coffin of a victim of COVID-19 in Cisternino, Italy.

Throughout this pandemic lockdown, everyone must be going through a range of emotions at various times, from fear and anxiety to frustration and lethargy.

Published in Robert Brehl
November 13, 2017

Comment: There is light behind shadows of grief

The Shroud of Turin, believed to be the burial cloth of Jesus, has characteristics of a photographic negative. This has been inverted to a positive enhancing the image.
Visiting a cousin, Joe, who lives far away, my family and I received a tour of his most unusual home. 
Published in Guest Columns