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  • Cardinal Hickey Mourned at D.C. Funeral

    10/31/2004 2:31:19 PM PST · by NYer · 1 replies · 121+ views
    The Ledger ^ | October 31, 2004 | DERRILL HOLLY
    WASHINGTON The poor and the powerful came together Saturday for the funeral of Cardinal James A. Hickey, a champion of the poor who served 20 years as the archbishop of Washington. Latin hymns echoed through the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception as religious and political leaders joined with ordinary people in observing the funeral Mass for Hickey. Hickey died last Sunday at age 84. A procession of priests, bishops and cardinals passed through a cordon of the Knights of Columbus in ceremonial capes and plumed hats. More than a dozen pews were filled with nuns, their...
  • Dozens Pay Homage to Hickey at Funeral

    10/30/2004 5:54:03 PM PDT · by sitetest · 13 replies · 525+ views
    AP/Yahoo! ^ | DERRILL HOLLY
    WASHINGTON - The poor and the powerful came together Saturday for the funeral of Cardinal James A. Hickey, a champion of the poor who served 20 years as the archbishop of Washington. Latin hymns echoed through the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception as religious and political leaders joined with ordinary people in observing the funeral Mass for Hickey. He died last Sunday at age 84. A procession of priests, bishops and cardinals passed through a cordon of the Knights of Columbus in ceremonial capes and plumed hats. More than a dozen pews were filled with nuns,...
  • James Cardinal Hickey, Archbishop of Washington D.C. (emeritus) Dead at 84

    10/24/2004 9:36:35 AM PDT · by watsonfellow · 4 replies · 148+ views
    The Washington Post ^ | 24 October 2004 | Caryle Murphy
    Cardinal James Aloysius Hickey, 84, a champion of orthodoxy in church dogma and a compassionate shepherd of the area's half million Roman Catholics while head of the Washington Archdiocese for 20 years, died this morning at a nursing home in Washington.