Cardinal: British Catholic MP’s Death a Painful Loss in So Many Lives
An English cardinal led tributes to a Catholic member of Parliament who was knifed to death while meeting local people in his constituency. Sir David Amess, a...
Category: Obituaries
Woman religious who crusaded against nuclear weapons dies at 91
Sister Megan Rice, whose yearslong crusade against nuclear weapons included serving two years behind bars for a felony, died October 10 at the Rosemont, Pennsylvania residence of...
Avril Hanslo, Rest in Peace
Today The Southern Cross mourns the death at 69 of Avril Hanslo, who served us as subscription manager and in other administrative roles from 1995-2015. Avril passed...
Polish Archbishop Hoser, doctor, archbishop and envoy, dies of Covid-19
By Jonathan Luxmore – Many Polish Catholics are mourning the death of Archbishop Henryk Hoser, a former Vatican envoy who helped rebuild the church in post-genocide Rwanda and...
Fr Matsobane ‘Tsubi’ Sehlapelo, Rest in Peace
By Selby Makgotho – The news of the death of Fr Matsobane Sehlapelo of Modjadjiskloof parish in Tzaneen, in a car accident on August 1, sent shockwaves through...
World’s oldest cardinal, biblical scholar Cardinal Vanhoye, dies at 98
French Cardinal Albert Vanhoye, a well-known New Testament scholar and the world’s oldest cardinal, died in Rome July 29, just five days after celebrating his 98th birthday....
Obituary for Bishop Hubert Bucher
In 1958, three friends, all young diocesan priest from the German diocese of Regensburg, came to South Africa to serve as missionaries in the Eastern Cape. All...
Congolese cardinal, Peace Activist, Dies at 81
Congolese Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, retired archbishop of Kinshasa, a biblical scholar and an activist for justice and peace, died July 11 near Paris where he had...
Catholic Educator, Eunice van Diel, Rest in Peace
Obituary by Maria van Driel – An eventful life will be celebrated at the funeral of Catholic educator Eunice van Diel on June 12 in Cape Town. “God...
Christian Brother Jerome McCarthy, Rest in Peace
Obituary by Br Michael Burke CFC – Christian Brother Jerome McCarthy died peacefully in Boksburg, the town where he grew up and went to school, on May 16....
Activist Mary Lack Dies at 92
Mary Elizabeth Lack, MBE: 16 May 1929 – 31 May 2021 Obituary by Rosanne Shields On the morning of May 31, the Church of Cape Town lost...
Armenian Catholic Patriarch Dies in Lebanon
By Doreen Abi Raad – Armenian Catholic Patriarch Gregoire Pierre XX Gabroyan died in Beirut on May 25. The 86-year-old had served as patriarch since 2015. Patriarch...
