Cardinal Eugênio de Araújo Sales of Brazil dies

Cardinal Eugênio de Araújo Sales, archbishop-emeritus of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, died during the night. He was 91 years old. He was the longest-serving Cardinal in the Church, having been given the red hat by Pope Paul VI on April 28, 1969. He served as Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro for 30 years, having retired in 2001. With his death, Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns and Cardinal William Wakefield Baum on the only living Cardinals created by Pope Paul VI.