Greek Archbishop Christodoulos dies
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The head of Greece's powerful Orthodox Church, Archbishop Christodoulos, died of cancer on Monday at the age of 69.
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Former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim dies of heart failure, Austrian media reports.
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Chadian Prime Minister Pascal Yoadimnadji died Friday at a Paris hospital following a brain hemorrhage, the African nation's ambassador to France said. He was 56.
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Gordon Hinckley, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, dies, aged 97.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah  - The head of the Mormon church, Gordon B. Hinckley, died on Sunday at the age of 97, church officials said.
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Greeceâs Orthodox Church leader, Archbishop Christodoulos, eased centuries of tension with the Vatican but angered liberal critics who viewed him as an attention-seeking reactionary.
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ATHENS -- Egypt's Patriarch of Alexandria, a top Greek Orthodox leader in a post that traces its lineage back to one of the first disciples of Christ, was killed in a helicopter crash, Greek authorities said yesterday.
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Cardinal James A. Hickey, former archbishop of Washington, who led the Roman Catholic Church in the nation&#39;s capital for two decades, died Sunday.
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Greece's Orthodox Church suspended a senior bishop Friday as it struggled to deal with growing corruption scandals that have brought deep embarrassment to the institution.
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VATICANO - Il cordoglio e la preghiera del Papa per la morte dellÂArcivescovo di Atene e di tutta la Grecia CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Il Santo Padre Benedetto XVI ha inviato un telegramma a  Sua Eminenza Seraphim, Metropolita di Karystia e Skyros, in occasione della morte dellÂArcivescovo ortodosso di Atene e di tutta la Grecia, Christodoulos, a...
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The head of the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop Christodoulos, meets the Pope in Rome for the first time.
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WASHINGTON The man who led the Roman Catholic Church in the nation&#39;s capital for 20 years has died. Cardinal James Hickey -- who was ordained a Catholic priest 58 years ago -- died this morning at a nursing home in Washington.
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Greece declared three days of national mourning Monday for the Patriarch of Alexandria, the spiritual leader of all Orthodox Christians in Africa, who died in a helicopter crash.
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Retired Archbishop James Aloysius Hickey, leader of the Roman Catholic Church in the nation's capital for two decades, died Sunday. He was 84.
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Bishop Ivo Lorscheiter, a prominent critic of Brazil's former military regime who also squared off with the Vatican over his progressive beliefs, died Monday, the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops said. He was 79.
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"They are trying to take away our society's Christian and Orthodox identity, using various groundless arguments, because they hate God and want to marginalize the church"  Greece's Orthodox Church leader, Archbishop Christodoulos, who eased centuries of tension with the Vatican but angered liberal critics who viewed him as an attention-seeking reactionary, died Monday at his home of cancer, church officials said. He was 69.Christodoulos, who headed the church for a decade, was first hospitalized in Athens in June before being diagnosed with cancer of the liver and large intestine.He spent 10 weeks in a hospital in Miami but an October liver transplant operation was canceled when doctors discovered the cancer had spread. He refused hospital treatment in the final weeks of his life. He died at his home in the Athens suburb of Psyhico. Read more
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Greece&#39;s air force chief of staff has been sacked over delays in launching a rescue operation, after a weekend helicopter crash that killed the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria.