{"id":4170,"date":"2007-01-28T23:25:07","date_gmt":"2007-01-29T04:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2007\/01\/28\/fr-drinan-s-j-rip\/"},"modified":"2007-01-28T23:25:07","modified_gmt":"2007-01-29T04:25:07","slug":"fr-drinan-s-j-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2007\/01\/fr-drinan-s-j-rip\/","title":{"rendered":"Fr. Drinan S.J. RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON — The Rev. Robert Drinan, a Jesuit who – over the objections of his superiors – was the only Roman Catholic priest elected as a voting member of Congress, died Sunday.<\/p>\n

Drinan, 86, had suffered from pneumonia and congestive heart failure during the previous 10 days, according to a statement by Georgetown University which said he died at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington.<\/p>\n

Former Massachusetts Rep. Father Robert Drinan holds up a copy of the 1974 impeachment report of President Nixon while testifying on Capitol Hill before the House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment hearing in this Dec. 8, 1998 file photo. Drinan, a Jesuit who – over the objections of his superiors – became the first Roman Catholic priest to serve as a voting member of Congress, died Sunday. . (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
\nFormer Massachusetts Rep. Father Robert Drinan holds up a copy of the 1974 impeachment report of President Nixon while testifying on Capitol Hill before the House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment hearing in this Dec. 8, 1998 file photo. Drinan, a Jesuit who – over the objections of his superiors – became the first Roman Catholic priest to serve as a voting member of Congress, died Sunday.<\/p>\n

"His death was peaceful, and he was surrounded by his family," said the Rev. John Langan, rector of the Georgetown University Jesuit Community where Drinan lived.
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I can’t say my immediate reaction was to pray for him, but I will pray for him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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