I join Vatican in mourning Cardinal Hamao

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0706395.htm

Japanese Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao, retired president of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers, died Nov. 8 in Tokyo at the age of 77.

In a telegram of condolence to the Diocese of Yokohama, where he had served as bishop for almost 20 years, Pope Benedict XVI praised the cardinal for his "devoted witness to the Gospel, his lively concern for the poor and his generous service to the universal church."

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He converted to Catholicism at age 16. He said, "God grabbed me and put me in the seminary" just three years later, although some priests said "it was too soon."

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I really loved him and had a great admiration and tenderness toward him.