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Friday, 27 May 2016

Obituaries

Yang Jiang in 2012. She extensively recalled her years running afoul of the Beijing government.
Yang Jiang, Chinese Author and Translator, Dies at 104

By AMY QIN

Ms. Yang is most well known for her translation of "Don Quixote" and her memoir, "Six Chapters From My Life 'Downunder.'''
Loris Francesco Capovilla and Pope John XXIII with the body of the sainted Pope Pius X, who was wearing a silver mask, at St. Peter's Basilica in 1959.
Loris Francesco Capovilla, Pope's Aide at Second Vatican Council, Dies at 100

By WILLIAM GRIMES

Cardinal Capovilla, Pope John XXIII's personal secretary, helped prepare the Roman Catholic hierarchy for the opening of Vatican II in 1962.
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