Death remains about the one certain fact in the lives of each one of us, and there will be suffering, sorrow, and sadness next week as there was last week.
Basil Hume Quotes
Moral choices do not depend on personal preference and private decision but on right reason and, I would add, divine order.
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| Birth: | 2nd March, 1923 |
| Death: | 17th June, 1999 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Clergyman |
About
Basil Hume OSB, OM was a monk of the English Benedictine monastery of Ampleforth Abbey and for 13 years its abbot until his appointment as Archbishop of Westminster in 1976. His elevation to a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church followed during the same year. From 1979 Hume served also as President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. He held these appointments until his death from cancer in 1999. His final resting place is at Westminster Cathedral in the Chapel of St Gregory and St Augustine.
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