Richard John Neuhaus

I was sorrowed to hear of the death of Fr. Richard John Neuhaus three days ago. Fr. Neuhaus' writing was thoughtful and erudite. Althought I did not agree with a some of his fundamentalist religious stances I always admired is e expressions of his point of view. Especially poignant was the reception of the last copy of First Things, of which he was Editor -in-Chief, where he told of his latest cancer diagnosis, with the uncertainty and fear involved, yet his certainty that his Redeemer lived.