{"id":3760,"date":"2009-01-08T13:23:05","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T13:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=3760"},"modified":"2025-09-26T03:20:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T03:20:33","slug":"fr-richard-john-neuhaus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=3760","title":{"rendered":"Fr. Richard John Neuhaus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fr. Neuhaus died this morning - evidently a return of the cancer he had ten years ago. Only a few days ago he'd briefly posted something on the First Things<\/em><\/strong> website saying he was undergoing treatment. <\/p>\n

\"Neuhaus\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

His death is a loss for the rest of us. Brigid and I had met him several times, heard him speak on a number of occasions, and we were charter subscribers to the interfaith journal he founded, First Things<\/em><\/strong>.  <\/p>\n

I read his book about his personal struggle with cancer, and posted a review back in May, 2007. <\/p>\n

 Latest read: "As I Lay Dying"<\/strong><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

The book is very helpful. <\/p>\n

Neuhaus was a well-known Lutheran Minister who converted to Catholicism around 1989, and was ordained a priest by Cardinal O'Connor in 1990. <\/p>\n

Here's what was posted this morning on the First Things<\/em><\/strong> website – a brief announcement by Editor Joseph Bottum, and an essay by Neuhaus written in February, 2000 entitled "Born Toward Dying".<\/p>\n

FIRST THINGS: A Journal of Religion, Culture, and Public Life<\/strong><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

For more information on Fr.'s life, there's already an obituary up on National Catholic Reporter (NCR) by John Allen. Unfortunately there's way too much of the "religious right", "progressive" politicalspeak, but then that's NCR's style. <\/p>\n

Fr. Richard John Neuhaus dead at age 72 | National Catholic Reporter<\/strong><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

I will miss him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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