Tag: obit
Archmere Academy junior dies after car accident
Dialog reporter
CLAYMONT – The Archmere Academy community is mourning the passing of one of its own. Anthony Penna, a junior, succumbed Oct. 3 to...
British baby Charlie Gard dies in hospice care
Catholic News Service
MANCHESTER, England — Charlie Gard, the British baby whose legal battle caught the attention of the world, died July 28, just over...
Plaintiff in Roe v. Wade ruling, who later became pro-life and...
KATY, Texas — Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff “Jane Roe” in the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion virtually on demand, died...
Retired Archbishop Flores, first Hispanic bishop in U.S., dies
SAN ANTONIO — Retired Archbishop Patrick F. Flores, 87, the first Mexican-American bishop in the United States, died of pneumonia and congestive heart failure...
For Florence Henderson, Catholic faith was her foundation
CINCINNATI — In her final interview, actress Florence Henderson told St. Anthony Messenger magazine that throughout her life, through good times and bad, her...
Ali known not just for prowess in ring but also for...
Catholic News Service
PHOENIX — Muhammad Ali leaves an indelible mark on the world not only as a fighter and athlete but as a man...
Father Groeschel, author, retreat master and preacher, dies
TOTOWA, N.J. — Father Benedict J. Groeschel, who was a founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, a leading pro-life figure and popular...
Cardinal Szoka, former Detroit archbishop and Vatican official, dies
DETROIT — Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka, who rose from poor beginnings to reach the highest levels of service to the church, died Aug. 20...
Sister Dolores Macklin, 83, worked for Catholic Charities in AIDS ministry
Staff reporter
ASTON, Pa. – Sister Dolores Macklin, a Wilmington native who spent 20 years of her ministry working with the diocesan AIDS Ministry, died...
Archbishop Kelly, retired Louisville leader, dead at 80
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Archbishop Thomas C. Kelly, who led the Archdiocese of Louisville from 1982 until his retirement in 2007, died peacefully in his...