Obituary

Joaquin Navarro-Valls: Take him for all in all, I will not look upon his like again
- Obituary
- July 5, 2017
Joaquin Navarro Valls, the longtime spokesman for Pope John Paul who played a role under the Polish pope somewhat akin to a chief of staff, died Wednesday at the age of 80 from cancer. He wasn’t without his flaws, but he was nevertheless a giant of a man, and someone who took a deep personal as well as professional interest in the people around him. Whatever else can be said, it will be a long time before we see someone else like him.
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With cardinal’s death, church in India loses a ‘martyr for mission’
- Global Church, Obituary
- June 20, 2017
Cardinal Oswald Gracis of India says his fellow Indian Prince of the Church, Ivan Dias, who died in Rome on Monday at the age of 81, was a “martyr for mission,” driven by a relentless missionary zeal and willing to put up with illness and suffering as the result of his efforts.
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A reminder of when giants roamed the earth, and covered the Vatican
- Analysis, Obituary
- May 15, 2017
Ten years ago, Orazio Petrosillo, the legendary Vatican correspondent for ‘Il Messaggero,’ died after a long illness. He was a giant, who taught an aspiring young American vaticanista lifelong lessons in the importance of knowledge, in what it means to be a colleague, and in fostering (and sustaining) a work ethic rooted in passion.
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Former superior general of Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur dies at 94
- Catholic News Service, Obituary
- March 26, 2017
“Throughout her life, and in the last 12 years in the community at Woolton Road in Liverpool, her vowed commitment to God, the church and her religious community impelled her to proclaim with integrity the Gospel message of love and justice,” a statement issued by the Congregational Mission Office in Ipswich said of Sister Catherine Hughes.
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Noted pro-capitalist Catholic thinker Michael Novak dead at 83
- Obituary
- February 17, 2017
Michael Novak, an American Catholic scholar and writer who was considered a friend by luminaries such as St. John Paul II, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, helped define an era in the American Catholic Church, among other things striving to reconcile Catholic social teaching with capitalism.
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Archbishop Flores of San Antonio, first Hispanic bishop in U.S., dies
- Catholic News Service, Obituary
- January 10, 2017
Archbishop Patrick F. Flores died January 9. He showed early signs of wanting to live a life with God according to his younger sister, Mary Moreno, who said that her brother would often walk up and down the road in front of the family home praying the rosary. “He was always very close to God,” she said.
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