The Requiem Mass was celebrated by the senior suffragan of the Armagh province, Bishop William Philbin assisted by the late Cardinal's two brothers.
According to a random telephone survey of 501 Catholics in and around city, a majority seem to want a man a lot like the late Cardinal.
But Father Greeley also said in his report that an Archbishop "who is dramatically different from the late Cardinal and who tries to impose stricter authority on Chicago Catholics is not likely to be effective."
One incident often closely associated with the late Cardinal is the Hunger Strikes that occurred in 1981.
Ferrante thought to arouse interest by revealing that he knew the most private secrets of the late Cardinal, and exaggerating in his sycophantic pride, he tried to show himself better informed than his deceased master.
Yes, I suppose repeated references to the late Cardinal will become tiring, won't they?
This was in accord with a deal struck between the descendants of the late Cardinal and the Archdiocese of Boston.
The Right Rev. Dr. Robin Eames, like the late Cardinal an Ulsterman and Archbishop of Armagh, but in the Church of Ireland, in the Anglican Communion, could not attend the funeral today, Bishop Daly said.
He eventually succeeded the late Cardinal as Archbishop of Quebec, on April 12, 1898.