Malaysia’s first Roman Catholic cardinal dies


PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s first Roman Catholic cardinal Rev Anthony Soter Fernandez (pic) has died.

He breathed his last at 12.35pm yesterday at the Little Sisters of the Poor home for the elderly in Cheras.

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