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.
Obituary
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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.
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Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dies at 99
From his appointment by President Gerald Ford in 1975 through his retirement in June 2010, he shaped decisions that touched countless aspects of American life.
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Remembering the life and poetry of Marie Ponsot
During her lifetime, poetry turned into a vocation that helped Marie Ponsot achieve her true essence.
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Bishop Blaire dies, recalled for living by a simple code — ‘to serve’
The much beloved bishop was recalled by many both in California and across the country as a churchman who lived by a simple code: “We are here to serve, and to do it with a touch of class.”
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Jean Vanier, ‘living saint’ who ministered to people with disabilities, dies at 90
Jean Vanier lived the beautiful mystery of our human condition that we need one another, young and old, strong and weak.
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Rachel Held Evans, Christian writer of honesty and humor, dies at age 37
Evans had been in a medically induced coma for several weeks and never returned to an alert state.