Ginsburg died at her home in Washington of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer.
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Posted inCulture, Faith
Remembering Regis Philbin: TV stalwart and Catholic school grad
An alumnus of the University of Notre Dame, where his funeral service will be held, Philbin lived a life informed by his Catholic faith.
Posted inFaith, News
Felician sisters bear loss of 13 sisters to COVID-19: ‘Our most tragic time’
The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice in Livonia, Michigan are coping with the loss of 13 sisters to COVID-19 since April.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
A final Freedom Ride: Kerry Kennedy remembers John Lewis
I asked Mr. Lewis how he felt then, four and half decades after being bludgeoned by state troopers. He replied with one word: “Grateful.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Ennio Morricone, composer of Spaghetti westerns and ‘The Mission,’ dead at 91
In 2014 Morricone premiered his first-ever Mass in the Church of the Gesu, the Jesuits’ main church in Rome.
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Jean Kennedy Smith, last surviving sibling of John F. Kennedy, dies at 92
Former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, Smith’s nephew, confirmed her death. She died Wednesday at her home in Manhattan, her daughter Kym told The New York Times.
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Dolphins coach Don Shula remembered as unassuming, daily Massgoing man
A tweet from the Dolphins May 4 said Shula “passed away peacefully at his home.” No cause of death was given.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
R.I.P. John Prine, oracle of the broken and the beautiful
John Prine, who died on Tuesday, April 7, was one of country-folk music’s greatest lyricists.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Beyond ‘The Exorcist,’ Max von Sydow embodied the complexities of faith
Brooding, interior and utterly focused, Mr. von Sydow is a stirring presence on screen, with a weathered face apt to illustrate inner spiritual turmoil.
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Father John Langan, writer, speaker on just-war tradition, dies at 79
Father Langan’s research and writing widely explored the just-war theory and its application to questions surrounding issues such as nuclear armaments, terrorism, the U.S.-led war in Iraq, and the Syrian civil war.