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...Bernard F. Law ’53, then archbishop of Boston, singled out Collins as a seminal figure in his life...
...recent weeks, newly-installed Archbishop Sean P. O’Malley visited Collins several times at Regina Cleri, the residence for retired Catholic priests in Boston where Collins spent the last 13 years of his life...
...search for a successor to Joseph Doolin, who announced in June that he would retire at the end of the year, was cut short when Archbishop Sean O’Malley placed Hehir’s name at the top of the list, according to Chair of the Board of Trustees for Boston Catholic Charities Neal F. Finnegan...
After Cardinal Bernard F. Law ’53 resigned last December in the wake of allegations that he permitted priests accused of child molestation to continue working for the church, The Boston Globe reported that Hehir was a candidate for his replacement as archbishop...
...RETIRED. Jaime Cardinal Sin, 75, Archbishop of Manila, whose call for Filipinos to defy former Philippine strongman Ferdinand Marcos started the People Power revolution of 1986; in Manila. In the predominantly Catholic archipelago, Sin wielded enormous influence on such issues as government support for birth control, which he opposes. But the height of his power came in 1986-and again in January 2001, when Sin encouraged a second such public demonstration, which forced President Joseph Estrada from office. The ailing Sin, who suffered a mild stroke this past March, cloaked determination with a puckish sense of humor, greeting visitors...