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Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi (2010)
By SALAH NASRAWI and HADEEL AL-SHALCHI, Associated Press Writers CAIRO Top Egyptian cleric Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, whose views often drew criticism from religious conservatives and secular Muslims, died of a heart attack Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia. He was 81. Tantawi was the grand sheik of Cairo's Al-Azhar, the pre-eminent theological institute of Sunni Islam, the...
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Menachem Porush, 93 (1916 - 2010)
The Associated Press JERUSALEM Menachem Porush, a well-known Israeli rabbi and longtime leader of one of the most influential ultra-Orthodox parties in parliament, has died. He was 93. Porush served for more than 30 years in Israel's parliament, acting twice as deputy labor minister. He was known for leading the minority ultra-Orthodox Jewish community's efforts to slow secularization...
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Monsignor Graham Leonard (2010)
By ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer LONDON Monsignor Graham Leonard, the former Anglican bishop of London who left the Church of England after it decided in 1992 to ordain women as priests, has died. He was 88. Leonard, who was received into the Roman Catholic Church in 1994 and was ordained as a priest, died Wednesday, the Archdiocese of Westminister announced. The cause of death...
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Cardinal Cahal Daly (2009)
DUBLIN, Ireland (Associated Press) - Roman Catholic Cardinal Cahal Daly, a philosopher who led the church in Ireland during some of the worst years of IRA violence, has died at the age of 92, the church announced Thursday night. Tributes poured in from throughout Ireland and neighboring Britain to the charm and formidable intellect of Daly. The elfin, razor-sharp County Antrim native was...
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Leon Yao Liang (2009)
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press Writer BEIJING — Leon Yao Liang, a bishop in China's underground church who was imprisoned for more than 28 years under the communists, has died, a U.S.-based Catholic group reported Monday. He was 87. Yao died on Wednesday in the northern township of Xiwanzi, where he had been auxiliary bishop since 2002, the Cardinal Kung Foundation said in an...
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Hossein Ali Montazeri (2009)
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer TEHRAN, Iran Iran's most senior dissident cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who emerged as the spiritual father of its reform...
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Oral Roberts, 91 (1918 - 2009)
Associated Press By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS – 5 minutes ago TULSA, Okla. — Oral Roberts, the evangelist who rose from humble tent revivals to found a multimillion-dollar ministry and a...
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Patriarch Pavle, 95 (1914 - 2009)
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press Writer BELGRADE, Serbia Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Pavle, who called for peace and conciliation during the Balkan ethnic wars of the 1990s but...
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Elizabeth Clare Prophet, 70 (1939 - 2009)
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) -- Elizabeth Clare Prophet, the spiritual leader of the Church Universal and Triumphant, which gained notoriety in the late 1980s for its followers' elaborate preparations for...
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Aengus Finucane (2009)
By SHAWN POGATCHNIK, Associated Press Writer DUBLIN — The Rev. Aengus Finucane, a Roman Catholic missionary who braved civil war in Biafra as a pioneer of Irish aid efforts worldwide, died...
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Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk (1930 - 2009)
CINCINNATI ( Associated Press ) - A spokeswoman says the former president and chancellor emeritus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion has died in Cincinnati. Hebrew Union...
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Erano Manalo, 84 (1925 - 2009)
Erano Manalo, leader of the Philippines' largest indigenous religious sect, has died, his spokesman said Tuesday. He was 84. Manalo took over Iglesia ni Cristo, or Church of Christ, after the...
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Rev. Carl K. Moeddel, 71 (1937 - 2009)
CINCINNATI - The Rev. Carl K. Moeddel, a former second-ranking administrator of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, died Tuesday. He was 71. He died after a long illness, the archdiocese said. He...
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Rev. Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II, 74 (1935 - 2009)
LOS ANGELES - The Rev. Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II, who preached the gospel of material prosperity to millions nationwide as Reverend Ike, has died. He was 74. Bishop E. Bernard Jordan, a...
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Robert Short, 76 (1932 - 2009)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Robert Short, the author and theologian who wrote "The Gospel According to Peanuts," died Monday. He was 76. Short died in Little Rock, said the Little Rock Funeral Home....
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Rev. Tim Vakoc (2009)
The Rev. Tim Vakoc, a Minnesota priest who was gravely wounded by a roadside bomb in Iraq five years ago, has died, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis said Sunday. He was...
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Gerard Jean-Juste (1947 - 2009)
MIAMI - The Rev. Gerard Jean-Juste, an influential Haitian Roman Catholic priest who was once jailed in Haiti for his political activities and fought for his countrymen's rights in the U.S., died...
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Monsignor William A. Kerr, 68 (1940 - 2009)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Monsignor William A. Kerr, a leading human rights figure who was spiritual counselor to serial killer Ted Bundy, died Wednesday. He was 68. Kerr was hospitalized May...
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Max E. Wall, 93 (1915 - 2009)
BURLINGTON, Vt. - Max E. Wall, a popular Vermont rabbi who worked the front lines of European battlefields as a Jewish chaplain, has died. He was 93. Wall died of lung cancer on Tuesday, his...
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Rev. Stanley L. Jaki, 84 (1924 - 2009)
TRENTON, N.J. - The Rev. Stanley L. Jaki, a leading thinker in the philosophy of science and theology and on issues where those disciplines meet and diverge, died April 7. He was 84. Jaki, a...
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Bishop Loras Joseph Watters, 93 (1915 - 2009)
Bishop Loras Joseph Watters WINONA, Minn. - Bishop Loras Joseph Watters, who led the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona from 1969-1987, has died. He was 93. The diocese said Watters died...
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Archbishop Earl Paulk, 81 (1927 - 2009)
ATLANTA - Archbishop Earl Paulk, a former mega church leader who rose to fame with his progressive evangelical ministry only to have it crumble after a series of sex scandals, has died. He was 81....
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Rev. Claude William Black, Jr., 92 (1916 - 2009)
San Antonio - The Rev. Claude William Black Jr., an influential civil rights advocate in San Antonio, has died. He was 92. Black died Friday night after a lengthy illness, said his grandson...
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Cardinal Paul Joseph Pham Dinh Tung, 89 (1919 - 2009)
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican says Cardinal Paul Joseph Pham Dinh Tung, the retired archbishop of Hanoi, Vietnam, has died at age 89. Vatican Radio says Pham died Sunday in Hanoi. His...
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Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, 86 (1922 - 2009)
Seoul, South Korea - Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, South Korea's first cardinal and a tireless advocate for democracy who stood up to a string of military dictators, died Monday. He was 86. ...
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Leon Klenicki, 78 (1930 - 2009)
Monroe Township, N.J. - Rabbi Leon Klenicki, an advocate for improving interfaith relations whose efforts were lauded by Pope Benedict XVI, has died. He was 78. He died Jan. 25 of cancer at...
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Cardinal Pio Laghi , 86 (1922 - 2009)
Vatican City - Cardinal Pio Laghi, a longtime Vatican diplomat who went to Washington to try to dissuade U.S. President George W. Bush from launching the 2003 invasion of Iraq, has died, the...
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Rev. Richard John Neuhaus, 72 (1936 - 2009)
The following article courtesy of The Wall Street Journal by Stephen Miller The Rev. Richard John Neuhaus, a Catholic priest, author and editor of the journal First Things, experienced at...
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Cardinal Avery Dulles, 90 (1918 - 2008)
NEW YORK - Cardinal Avery Dulles, a convert to Roman Catholicism who was the first U.S. theologian named a cardinal, died Friday. He was 90. Dulles, a Jesuit and son of a U.S. Secretary of...
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Patriarch Alexy II (2008)
In his nearly two decades at the head of the world's largest Orthodox church, Patriarch Alexy II oversaw a religious revival in Russia and healed a major church rift, but his death leaves a long...
