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Retired Bishop Pedro Casaldaliga, a proponent of liberation theology and supporter of Brazil's indigenous peoples, died Aug. 8 at age 92. He pictured in an undated photo. (CNS photo courtesy Sao Felix Prelature archives)

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Bishop Pedro Casaldaliga, 'bishop of the poor,' dies in Brazil at 92

Lise Alves|Aug 10, 2020|5 Min Read

Northern Ireland political leader John Hume, pictured in a file photo, died at age 83 Aug. 3, 2020. Irish Catholic leaders praised the Nobel Peace Prize winner as a champion of social justice. (CNS photo/Clodagh Kilcoyne, Reuters)

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John Hume, who helped bring peace to Northern Ireland, dies at 83

Michael Kelly|Aug 6, 2020|4 Min Read

The casket of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is carried from the U.S. Capitol July 29, 2020. The civil rights movement legend who was a colleague of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. died July 17, 2020. He was 80. (CNS photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool via Reuters)

Late civil rights leaders 'changed course of history,' says archbishop

Catholic News Service|Jul 29, 2020|4 Min Read

Regis Philbin. (Paparazzo Presents/wikimedia BY CC SA 3.0 via CNA)

The Catholic roots of Regis Philbin

Catholic News Agency|Jul 25, 2020|3 Min Read

Polish Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, retired prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, smiles as he arrives for a general congregation meeting in the synod hall at the Vatican in this 2013 photo. Cardinal Grocholewski died July 17, 2020, at the age of 80. (CNS photo/Chris Warde-Jones)

Polish cardinal who spent half his life serving at Vatican dies at 80

Catholic News Service|Jul 17, 2020|2 Min Read

Archbishop Moses Costa of Chittagong, Bangladesh, died July 13, 2020, just weeks after apparently recovering from COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus. Archbishop Costa is pictured in an undated photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Chittagong Catholic Archdiocese)

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Recovered from COVID-19, archbishop dies after strokes in Bangladesh

Catholic News Service|Jul 13, 2020|2 Min Read

Ennio Morricone. (Gonzalo Tello/Cancha General/Flickr, CC BY 2.0 via CNA)

Ennio Morricone, composer honored by Pope Francis, dies at 91

Catholic News Agency|Jul 6, 2020|2 Min Read

Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, a musician and retired Pope Benedict XVI's elder brother, died at age 96 July 1, 2020. Msgr. Ratzinger is pictured in a file photo. (CNS photo/Michaela Rehle, Reuters)

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Msgr. Ratzinger, retired pope's brother, dies at 96

Catholic News Service|Jul 1, 2020|4 Min Read

Bishop George Murry. (CNA file photo)

Bishop Murry of Youngstown dies after stepping down due to leukemia

Catholic News Agency|Jun 5, 2020|2 Min Read

Cardinal Renato Corti, a popular retreat master and spiritual director, died May 12, 2020, at the age of 84. He is pictured in a 2016 photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Italian Cardinal Corti, popular spiritual guide, dies at 84

Catholic News Service|May 12, 2020|2 Min Read

Fra' Giacomo Dalla Torre, left, is seen in a 2018 file photo in Rome. Dalla Torre, who led the Knights of Malta following a tumultuous period in relations with the Vatican, died in Rome April 29, 2020, at the age of 75, the order announced. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Knights of Malta grand master dies at 75

Junno Arocho Esteves|Apr 29, 2020|3 Min Read

Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk is pictured in this undated photo. The retired archbishop of Cincinnati, who was president of the U.S. Conference of catholic Bishops 1989 - 1992 died March 22 at age 85. (CNS photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Cincinnati)

Archbishop Pilarczyk of Cincinnati, former USCCB president, dies at 85

Dennis Sadowski|Mar 23, 2020|5 Min Read

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