Richard John Neuhaus (May 14, 1936 – January 8, 2009)

Richard John Neuhaus passed away this morning at the age of seventy-two from cancer. The New York priest was the author of The Naked Public Square: Religion and Democracy in America among other spiritual books. Time Magazine named him one of the "25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America." You can read more about him here.

According to Catholics in the Public Square:

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated for Father Richard John Neuhaus at the Church of the Immaculate Conception—414 E. 14th Street, New York City—on Tuesday, January 13, 2009, at 10 a.m.

[image via Catholics in the Public Square]