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by bcadmin | Nov 7, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, Cyprus, Greek Orthodox, News, Obituary, Orthodox Church | 0 |
Archbishop Chrysostomos II, the outspoken leader of Cyprus’ Greek Orthodox Christian Church whose forays into the country’s complex politics and finances fired up supporters and detractors alike, died Monday. He was 81.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 28, 2022 | Associated Press, Authors, Books, Church History, Church in the US, News, Obituary | 0 |
Thomas Cahill, a scholar of ancient languages and belief systems with a knack for popular storytelling who engaged history readers with such bestsellers as How the Irish Saved Civilization and Desire of the Everlasting Hills, has died at age 82.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 26, 2022 | Archdiocese of Seattle, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, Obituary, Theologians | 0 |
Father William Treacy — who during his 78 years of priesthood helped cultivate interfaith understanding through a groundbreaking TV program and a globally known retreat center — died Oct. 16. He was 103.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 25, 2022 | Archdiocese of New York, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Jesus Christ, News, Obituary, Theologians | 0 |
A funeral Mass was celebrated Oct. 22 at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers for Msgr. John P. Meier, a Scripture scholar, professor and an indefatigable writer whose book “A Marginal Jew” hit bestseller lists in the 1990s.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 22, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Dominicans, News, Obituary, South Africa | 0 |
The late Dominican Father Albert Nolan “was a beacon of hope for the poor and oppressed in a world and a country that is still characterized by gross inequality and injustice,” said Bishop Sithembele Sipuka of Mthatha.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 14, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Indigenous peoples, Native Americans, News, Obituary | 0 |
A memorial Mass is set for Oct. 21 for Sacheen Littlefeather, the woman whose appearance at the Oscars ceremony nearly 50 years ago provoked much outrage at the time.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 12, 2022 | Archbishop Joseph A. Fiorenza, Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, clerical sexual abuse, Houston, lead, News, News Analysis, Obituary | 0 |
Houston just suffered a major loss with the death on Sept. 19 of 91-year-old Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza, who led the archdiocese for 22 years from 1984 to 2006.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 30, 2022 | Church in the US, Diocese of Colorado Springs, News, Obituary | 0 |
Retired Bishop Michael J. Sheridan, who served as the bishop of Colorado Springs from 2003 until his retirement in 2021, died peacefully at Penrose Hospital Sept. 27, the diocese announced.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 24, 2022 | Associated Press, Authors, Church in UK and Ireland, England, News, Obituary | 0 |
Hilary Mantel, the Booker Prize-winning author who turned Tudor power politics into page-turning fiction in the acclaimed “Wolf Hall” trilogy of historical novels, has died, her publisher said Friday.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 23, 2022 | Associated Press, Authors, Church History, Church in UK and Ireland, News, Obituary | 0 |
Hilary Mantel, the Booker Prize-winning author who turned Tudor power politics into page-turning fiction in the acclaimed “Wolf Hall” trilogy of historical novels, has died, her publisher said Friday. She was 70.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 21, 2022 | Archbishop Joseph A. Fiorenza, Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, Obituary, Texas | 0 |
Retired Archbishop Joseph A. Fiorenza, the longtime bishop of Galveston-Houston and a tireless social justice advocate throughout his priesthood, episcopacy and in retirement, died Sept. 19. He was 91.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 17, 2022 | Catholic News Service, National Advisory Council, News, Obituary, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Virginia | 0 |
Francis X. Doyle, who was the first lay associate general secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, died at his residence in Ashburn Sept. 10 after a brief illness.
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