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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A headline in the New York Daily News last year proclaimed, “All Dogs, and Cats, and Pigs, and Goats, and Cockroaches Go to Heaven: So Says Pope Francis.” The article was written by Bruce Friedrich, ...

When her Old English bulldog Lucy contracted lymphoma and died unexpectedly last year, Ingrid Nelson was rocked by grief. The dog was a deep source of support for Nelson, a sometimes overwhelmed ...

Pope unlike his predecessor Benedict XVI has said that Dog go to heaven after death which pleased animal right groups. S Steve Dede Follow In delight of animal right groups, Pope Francis announced in ...

DEAR BONNIE: My cat recently passed and I am so hurt. I knew he was getting older and that Heaven was becoming a reality for him but I am left with the feeling of, “Did I do enough?” I hope he knows ...

Recently, during his regular weekly address at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican, Pope Francis declared that all animals go to heaven. He made this statement while trying to comfort a boy who was ...

The most comprehensive Psalm, portraying animal life praising God is Psalm 148. Here rulers of nations, men, women, children, angels, and all of creation, both living and inanimate, are called upon to ...

In my last column, I wrote about St. Francis and the Blessing of the Animals for his feast day in early October. That may have prompted some questions, like:why do animals need blessings? Do animals ...

My mother possessed the rare gift of hospitality. All who knew her marveled at her remarkable ability to charm people with spontaneous generosity and kindness. But her benevolence was not limited to ...