News of Bryant’s death quickly prompted tributes on social media. On Twitter, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles said “he was sad to hear the news” and offered prayers for him and his family.
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Remembering Johann Baptist Metz
Rest In Peace: Johann Baptist Metz was the theologian who made the modern academy.
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Eldest Mercy sister in world dies at age 111
The eldest Sister of Mercy in the world and possibly the oldest living religious died Oct. 25 at the age of 111 at the Convent of Mercy retirement home in Mobile.
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Francis A. Sullivan, leading expert on ecclesiology, dies at 97
His funeral Mass was celebrated in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit at the Campion Center Oct. 29, followed by interment in Campion Center Cemetery.
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U.S. Cardinal William Levada, former head of C.D.F., dies in Rome
U.S. Cardinal William J. Levada, former head of the Vatican’s doctrinal congregation and retired archbishop of San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, died Sept. 26 in Rome. He was 83.
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Cokie Roberts remembered as an ‘American icon’ of journalism at funeral Mass
Noted broadcast journalist and author Cokie Roberts was remembered as a Washington icon, a national treasure and a woman devoted to her family and her faith as luminaries from the worlds of media and politics joined friends and admirers at her funeral Mass Sept. 21.
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Cokie Roberts, trailblazing reporter distinguished by faith, dies at 75
The passing of Cokie Roberts elicited grief from politicians, journalists and news organizations on social media.
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Remembering Michael Buckley, S.J.
Theologian and Jesuit priest Michael Buckley, S.J., died last week in Los Gatos, Calif.
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Cuban Cardinal Ortega, longtime voice of Cuba’s poor, dies at 82
Serving as head of the Archdiocese of Havana for almost 35 years pushed the cardinal into a prominent role as a spokesman for Cuban Catholics on national and international issues.
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Daniel Callahan, a pioneer in bioethics, dies at 88
Callahan was an independent scholar working at the frontier where ethics meets medicine, law and religion.