Farewell, Humble Prince
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, December 19, 2008 4:06 PM
Cardinal Egan incenses the casket of Cardinal Dulles. (CNS)
“As it had to be, the majestic high Mass on Thursday for Cardinal Avery Dulles at St. Patrick’s Cathedral was an occasion of splendor and vivid remembrance for a soft-spoken cardinal who — though he wielded intellectual and moral influence as a Jesuit, a theologian and a writer — once said, ‘I’m not particularly made for ceremonies.’”
So begins this New York Times article about... READ MORE
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Cardinal Dulles and the Pope
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 3:46 PM
Priests process past the body of Cardinal Avery Dulles at the end of a special Dec. 16 Mass for him at Fordham University Church. (CNS)
Earlier today, the Daily Blog posted a pair of new articles Father Raymond J. de Souza has written for the Register about his friend and mentor, the late Cardinal Avery Dulles.
Father de Souza is traveling from Ontario to New York to attend the funeral Mass for Cardinal Dulles, which will take place at 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
As a third tribute today to the life of this... READ MORE
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Memories of Cardinal Dulles
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8:42 AM
by FATHER RAYMOND J. DE SOUZA
REGISTER CORRESPONDENT
O felix culpa. It was a happy mistake that led to my meeting Father Avery Dulles.
I had written a book review for the National Catholic Register in the fall of 1999 and had incorrectly identified some misbehaving priest as a Jesuit. Father Dulles, always alert to unjustified attacks upon the Society of Jesus he loved so much, wrote a letter... READ MORE
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Cardinal Avery Dulles, R.I.P.
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 7:41 AM
by FATHER RAYMOND J. DE SOUZA
REGISTER CORRESPONDENT
NEW YORK — Cardinal Avery Dulles, SJ, died on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe an old man at the age of 90. To the end, his theological work remained as fresh as yesterday’s controversies.
He showed that fidelity to the Christian tradition is the best preparation for the novelties of the age.
On Sept. 11, 2001, Cardinal Dulles was... READ MORE
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Cardinal Avery Dulles Dies
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, December 12, 2008 11:06 AM
(CNS)
Cardinal Avery Dulles died this morning in New York at the age of 90.
The Register will be featuring articles celebrating the life and accomplishments of this remarkable Jesuit priest and theologian, including two written by our former Rome correspondent Father Raymond J. de Souza, who was a friend of the late cardinal.
Here’s what Jesuit Father James Martin, associate editor of America... READ MORE
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