After navigating loss and grief, Kelly Helsel is officially now a licensed counselor thanks to the guidance given to her by the Catholic Church and her desire to use her experience to help others.

Out of the horrors of the Burundian Civil War and the Rwandan genocide emerged a woman willing to risk her life for peace.

The Pope told an assembly of ALS patients that with commitment, faith, and courage, the sick "bear witness that the goodness and value of life are greater than illness."