Pope Francis ‘pained’ by decision to turn Hagia Sophia into mosque
- Jul 12, 2020
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Retired pope’s elder brother, Georg Ratzinger, dies at 96
- Jul 1, 2020
Monsignor Georg Ratzinger, the older brother of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, who earned renown in his own right as a director of an acclaimed German boys’ choir, has died at 96.
Former longtime Boys Town leader who oversaw expansion dies
- Jul 1, 2020
Former Boys Town director Father Val Peter, who led the iconic home for troubled youth for 20 years before retiring in 2005, died Tuesday at age 85 after battling cancer.
Maryknoll Father Robert Astorino, founder of UCA News, dies at age 77
- Jun 27, 2020
Maryknoll Father Robert Astorino, founder of the Asian Catholic news agency UCA News and executive director of the agency for 30 years, died June 25 at Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York. He was 77 and a priest for 50 years.
Jean Kennedy Smith dies at 92; last surviving sibling of JFK
- Jun 18, 2020
Jean Kennedy Smith, who was the last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy and who as a U.S. ambassador played a key role in the peace process in Northern Ireland, has died, relatives said Thursday. She was 92.
Bishop James Murray dies at 87; served Michigan diocese for nine years
- Jun 6, 2020
Bishop James A. Murray, the third bishop of the Diocese of Kalamazoo, died of natural causes June 5. He was 87.
Retired Bishop George Murry dies after two-year battle with leukemia
- Jun 5, 2020
Bishop George V. Murry, the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Youngstown, died June 5 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York, after a two-year battle with leukemia, the diocese announced. He was 71.
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