Küng, original celebrity theologian and liberal muse, dead at 93
- John L. Allen Jr.
- Apr 7, 2021
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Küng, original celebrity theologian and liberal muse, dead at 93
- Apr 7, 2021
With the death on Tuesday of the 93-year-old Father Hans Küng, liberal post-Vatican II Catholicism has lost its muse, and the entire Church has lost someone who never failed to make things more interesting.
Death of legendary Latinist leaves the Church a grayer place
- Dec 28, 2020
Father Reggie Foster was living proof that being indispensable is the ultimate get-out-of-jail-free card.
Glenmary Father John Rausch, advocate for Appalachian people, dies at 75
- Feb 11, 2020
Glenmary Father John Rausch recognized early in his time as a missionary in Appalachia that people were facing severe environmental and economic challenges and devoted his ministry to seeking solutions and calling attention to their predicament.
Barbara Stinson Lee, former editor of Intermountain Catholic, dies at 68
- Jan 11, 2020
Barbara Stinson Lee, former editor of the Intermountain Catholic, Salt Lake City’s diocesan newspaper, died Jan. 2 after a brief illness. She was 68.
German Catholics praise Father Johann Metz, theologian, dead at 91
- Dec 7, 2019
German-speaking Catholics paid tribute to Father Johann Baptist Metz, the veteran theologian who died Dec. 2 in Munster, Germany, at age 91.
Duluth bishop dies after heart attack; he was ‘greatly loved’
- Dec 3, 2019
Bishop Paul D. Sirba of Duluth, Minnesota, died at Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth Dec. 1. He was 59.
Retired Bishop Snyder, best known as ‘a people’s bishop,’ dies at age 93
- Oct 6, 2019
Retired Bishop John J. Snyder, who led the Diocese of St. Augustine for more than 20 years, died Sept. 27, on the feast of St. Vincent de Paul. He was 93.
Sister Carol Hoverman dies; was first woman editor of Witness in Dubuque
- Oct 5, 2019
Sister Carol Hoverman, a Sister of St. Francis, who was at the forefront of Catholic communications for over three decades, died Oct. 3. She was 80 and had been in religious life for 63 years.
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