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April 9, 2012

Cardinal Daoud, former Syriac Catholic patriarch, dies at 81

Syria-born Cardinal Ignace Moussa Daoud died April 7 in a Rome hospital. The 81-year-old cardinal was the retired prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches and the former patriarch of the Syrian Catholic Church. He is pictured during the 2005 conclave in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

VATICAN CITY - Mourning the death of Syrian-born Cardinal Ignace Moussa Daoud, who died April 7 in a Rome hospital, Pope Benedict XVI also prayed for the people of the Middle East "living through difficult times."

The 81-year-old cardinal was the retired prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches and the former patriarch of the Syriac Catholic Church. His funeral was scheduled for April 10 in St. Peter's Basilica.

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