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Notable Religious Deaths

  • Sister Teresita Barajuen (2013)

    Sister Teresita  Barajuen

    The Associated PressMADRID (AP) — A nun believed to hold the world record of 86 years cloistered in a monastery has died in Spain.Sister Maria Romero, abbess of the Buenafuente del Sistal monastery northeast of Madrid said Wednesday that Sister Teresita Barajuen had died overnight. She was 105.She entered the Cistercian monastery when she was 19, the abbess said.Barajuen acknowledged in...

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  • The Rev. Will Campbell, 88 (1924 - 2013)

    The Rev. Will Campbell

    The Associated PressNASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — The Rev. Will Campbell, a white minister who drew acclaim for his involvement in the civil rights movement, has died at the age of 88.John Egerton, a close friend of Campbell's for nearly 50 years, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Campbell died Monday night from complications following a stroke he had about two years ago. Egerton said he...

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  • Rev. Andrew Greeley, 85 (1928 - 2013)

    Rev. Andrew Greeley

    DON BABWIN, The Associated PressCHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Andrew Greeley, an outspoken Roman Catholic priest, best-selling author and longtime Chicago newspaper columnist who even criticized the hierarchy of his own church over the child sex abuse scandal, has died. He was 85.His longtime publicist, June Rosner, said Greeley died Wednesday night at his Chicago home.Greeley was the author of more...

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  • Frances B. Monson, 85 (1927 - 2013)

    Frances B. Monson

    BRADY McCOMBS, The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The wife of the Mormon church's president shied away from the spotlight, but her lifelong work behind the scenes left a lasting impression on those who knew her. Frances B. Monson, 85, died early Friday at a hospital in Salt Lake City surrounded by her family, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said. Her daughter, Ann...

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  • Aloysius Jin Luxian, 96 (1916 - 2013)

    Aloysius  Jin  Luxian

    The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Shanghai Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian, who revived the Catholic church in China's financial hub after years of Maoist persecution, has died. He was 96. Jin's death on Saturday leaves one of China's largest and wealthiest dioceses in a deeply unsettled state, underscoring continuing tensions generated by the ruling Communist Party's insistence on tightly...

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