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	Legionaries of Christ Founder Passes Away Catholic News Agency January 31, 2008 http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=11639 Denver — Father Álvaro Corcuera, General Director of the Legionaries of Christ, announced today that their Founder, Father Marcial Maciel Degollado, has died in the United States at the age 87 from natural causes. In the official statement, Fr. Corcuera announced "the departure of their beloved founder, Father Marcial Maciel Degollado to heaven on January 30," as well as the Legionaries "deep gratitude to all those who wish to unite in prayer for the eternal repose of his soul". By the will of Father Maciel, the funeral will be celebrated privately, "in an atmosphere of prayer and simplicity in his hometown, Cotija, in the state of Michoacán, Mexico." Fr. Marcial Maciel was born in Cotija de la Paz, Mexico on March 10, 1920.
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