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...
Category: Obituaries
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...
Lesotho’s Cardinal Sebastian Khoarai dies at 91
Cardinal Sebastian Koto Khoarai, the first and only cardinal from Lesotho, died April 17 at the age of 91 in Mazenod, Lesotho. For almost 40 years, he...
Ex-nuncio to SA Cassidy dies at 96
Australian Cardinal Edward Cassidy, who served as the papal nuncio to South Africa from 1979 to November 1984, died on April 10 at the age of 96....
Bishops Recall Father Küng as Theologian Who Loved the Catholic Church
By Cindy Wooden – German and Swiss bishops who knew and worked with Father Hans Küng described him as a man who loved the Catholic Church, even...
Swiss-Born Father Hans Küng, Theologian, Dies at 93
By Anli Serfontein – Father Hans Küng, the prominent and sometimes controversial Swiss Catholic theologian, died peacefully in his sleep in the university town of Tübingen, Germany, where...
Cardinal Tumi, Defender of Peace, Dies in Cameroon at 90
Even in his old age, Cardinal Christian Tumi, the retired archbishop of Douala, Cameroon, was a force for peace and reconciliation in his country, Pope Francis said...
Simplicity and Tenacity: Spirit of the Swiss Missionaries of Bethlehem (SMB)
By Fr Peter Chimombe Fr Pius Baettig, Fr Joseph Haag and Fr Alois Graff, Rest in Peace In January 2021 Fr Pius Baettig (SMB) was called to...
Fr Werner Stafflinger, Rest in Peace
By Sydney Duval – Father Werner Stafflinger died aged 83 at Nazareth House in Cape Town on January 12. Fr Stafflinger was among those whose Church ministry...
