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A makeshift memorial for Sidney Poitier is seen on Hollywood Boulevard's "Walk of Fame," in Los Angeles Jan. 7, 2022. (CNS photo/Mike Blake, Reuters)

Poitier's roles put civil rights issues on the big screen

Mark Pattison|Jan 10, 2022|3 Min Read

Jesuit Francisco de Paula Oliva, an icon of the struggle for the poor and social rights, is pictured in a March 14, 2018, photo in Asunción, Paraguay. He died Jan. 3, 2022, in Paraguay, at the age of 93. (CNS photo/Santi Carneri)

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Jesuit who stood up to Paraguayan dictator dies

Catholic News Service|Jan 4, 2022|2 Min Read

Anglican Archbishop Desmond is pictured in a Sept. 21, 2011, photo. Archbishop Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican cleric whose good humor, inspiring message and conscientious work for civil and human rights made him a revered leader during the struggle to end apartheid in South Africa, died at age 90 Dec. 26, 2021. (CNS photo/Allison Joyce, Reuters)

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Desmond Tutu, known for commitment to justice, peace, dies at age 90

Bronwen Dachs|Dec 26, 2021|5 Min Read

Cardinal Eduardo Martinez Somalo seals the door to St. John Paul II's apartment at the Vatican April 12, 2005. Cardinal Martinez, the former "camerlengo" or chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church and former prefect of the congregation for religious, died Aug. 10, 2021, in his Vatican apartment at age 94. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

Cardinal Eduardo Martínez Somalo, retired camerlengo, dies at 94

Catholic News Agency|Aug 10, 2021|3 Min Read

French Cardinal Albert Vanhoye of France receives his ring from then-Pope Benedict XVI during a consistory in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 25, 2006. Cardinal Vanhoye, a Scripture scholar and the oldest member of the College of Cardinals, died July 29, 2021, at the age of 98. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)

Pope Francis mourns ‘authoritative biblical scholar’ Cardinal Albert Vanhoye

Catholic News Agency|Jul 30, 2021|4 Min Read

Congolese Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, retired archbishop of Kinshasa, died July 11, 2021, at the age of 81. He is pictured in a Feb. 9, 2018, photo. (CNS photo/Robert Carrubba, Reuters)

World

Cardinal who spearheaded democratic process in DR Congo dies at age 81

Catholic News Agency|Jul 12, 2021|2 Min Read

Atlanta Braves legend Hank Aaron throws the ceremonial first pitch to former manager Bobby Cox April 14, 2017, prior to the first game at SunTrust Park. The longtime home run leader died Jan. 22, 2021. He was 86. (CNS photo/Brett Davis, USA TODAY Sports via Reuters)

Home run king Hank Aaron overcame racism to excel on and off the field

Mark Pattison|Jan 22, 2021|4 Min Read

Archbishop Philip Tartaglia of Glasgow with Pope Francis. (Archdiocese of Glasgow via Crux)

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Deadly week sees at least 10 bishops die from COVID-19

Inés San Martín|Jan 18, 2021|4 Min Read

Cardinal Gulbinowicz is pictured in an undated photo. (CNS photo/Ernst Herb, KNA)

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Polish cardinal dies 10 days after being disciplined by Vatican

Catholic News Service|Nov 16, 2020|3 Min Read

Andrew Walther, EWTN News president, who died Nov. 1, 2020. (CNA file photo)

LA native Andrew Walther, president of EWTN News, dies on All Saints' Day

Catholic News Agency|Nov 2, 2020|3 Min Read

Retired Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark, N.J., is seen in this undated photo. He died Sept. 24, 2020, at age 79. He headed the Newark Archdiocese from 2001 to 2016. (CNS photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Newark)

Archbishop John Myers, 79, helped calm N.J. Catholics after 9/11 attacks

Catholic News Service|Sep 24, 2020|5 Min Read

Cardinal Marian Jaworski, center, pictured in 2006. (Anna Gordijewska/CC BY 2.5 via CNA)

Cardinal Jaworski, once a 'secret cardinal,' dies at 94

Catholic News Service|Sep 8, 2020|3 Min Read

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