Bishop recalls life of first US priest who died of Covid-19

Fr Jorge Ortiz-Garay of Brooklyn, the first US priest to die from complications of Covid-19, was recalled as “a good and saintly priest” by his bishop during a bilingual Mass marking the first anniversary of his death. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio recalled the life of Fr Ortiz-Garay, 49, pastor of St Brigid Church in Brooklyn, describing the native of Mexico as a man... Read More

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March 21, 2021

Pope advances causes of three more Italian sisters who died of Ebola

Less than a month after he recognised the “heroic virtues” of three Italian women religious who died caring for Ebola patients in Congo, Pope Francis did the same for three others who also contracted the disease and died in 1995. The six members of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Poor were among the more than 250 victims... Read More

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February 24, 2021

Pope advances causes of nuns who died helping during Ebola outbreak

Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood causes of three Italian nuns who died from the Ebola virus while ministering to patients in Congo. The pope signed the decrees on 20th February during a meeting with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes. The pope recognised the heroic virtues of three members of the Congregation of the... Read More

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January 12, 2021

Pope’s doctor dies of Covid-19 complications

Pope Francis’ personal doctor has died of complications caused by Covid-19. Fabrizio Soccorsi, 78, had been admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on 26th December because of cancer, according to the Italian Catholic agency SIR. However, he died on 9th January because of “pulmonary complications” caused by Covid-19, the agency said, without providing further details. Soccorsi had been the pope’s personal physician since... Read More

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August 21, 2020

Belfast priest who died in boating accident ‘pride of his community’

A Belfast-born priest whose body was recovered from a river following a boating accident was the pride of his community, those who knew him have said. Fr Stephen Rooney died following last Sunday’s tragedy on the Detroit River in the US. He was a priest in the US for the last 30 years and was... Read More

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March 16, 2020

Italian priests and religious women are among victims of Covid-19

A number of priests and religious women have been among the nearly 2,000 people who have died in Italy because of illness connected with COVID-19. One member of the Little Missionary Sisters of Charity died yesterday, Sunday 15th March, at the age of 88 after she and 23 members of her community in Tortona, near... Read More

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August 8, 2019

Teen who died saving classmates in school shooting made a Knight

As residents of El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, mourned the loss of 31 people in mass shootings on 3rd and 4th August, the Knights of Columbus honoured a teen who died in May trying to save the lives of his classmates during a shooting at his suburban Denver high school. Kendrick Castillo, the 18-year-old... Read More

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May 9, 2019

Catholic officials call for prayer, action after Colorado shooting

Catholic leaders are calling for prayer and action in response to the recent school shooting inside a charter school near Denver. One teenager died and eight other students were wounded. “Action is needed to attempt to reduce the frequency of these heinous acts,” said Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, chairman of the Committee... Read More

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May 8, 2019

Pope Francis called Jean Vanier to thank him before his death

Pope Francis told reporters he had been kept informed about Jean Vanier’s failing health and had phoned him a week before his death. “He listened to me, but he could barely speak. I wanted to express my gratitude for his witness,” Pope Francis said on 7th May, the day Vanier died in Paris. “He was... Read More

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