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China’s oldest priest dies at 104: a life of faith amid 25 years of persecution
St. Francis Xavier statue in front St. Joseph Cathedral in Beijing, China, Feb. 25, 2016. / Credit: Zvonimir Atletic/Shutterstock Washington,…
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Shigemi Fukahori, Catholic atomic bomb survivor and peace advocate, dies at 93
Catholic Shigemi Fukahori stands in front of the former bell tower of the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, on…
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Salzburg auxiliary bishop and EWTN pioneer Andreas Laun dies
Auxiliary Bishop Andreas Laun / Archdiocese of Salzburg CNA Newsroom, Jan 4, 2025 / 08:19 am (CNA). An Austrian bishop…
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Oklahoma City nun dies in car crash after suspected medical incident
null / Credit: vmargineanu/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jan 3, 2025 / 16:35 pm (CNA). A religious sister who ministered in the…
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Louisiana priest Lawrence Hecker dies in prison after life sentence over rape of teenager
Father Lawrence Hecker pleaded guilty this week to kidnapping and raping a teenage boy in the 1970s, heading off a…
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Catholic News - Americas
Lee Edwards, Catholic historian of American conservatism, dies at 92
Lee Edwares received the VOC Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom, at the opening of the Victims of Communism Museum, June 2022.…
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Outspoken Calgary Bishop Emeritus Frederick Henry dies at 81
Bishop Emeritus Frederick Bernard Henry, shown in a 2018 file photo, led the Diocese of Calgary from 1998 to 2017.…
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Oldest Catholic priest in Nigeria dies at 104
The late Monsignor Thomas Oleghe, the oldest priest in Nigeria, who died on the feast of Christ the King, Nov.…
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Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, champion of interreligious dialogue, dies at 72
Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, a native of Seville, Spain, served as prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue. Known…
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Heralds of the Gospel founder dies at 85
Heralds of the Gospel founder Monsignor João Scognamiglio Clá Dias. / Credit: Courtesy of Heralds of the Gospel Sao Paulo,…
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