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Pope's ambassador buried in Tipperary

The pope’s ambassador, Archbishop Michael Courtney, gunned down in a hail of bullets in Burundi, was buried in his home town today.

Sat, 03 Jan, 2004

Archbishop to be buried near home town

THE funeral Mass of Archbishop Michael Courtney, the murdered papal nuncio to the central African state of Burundi, takes place in his home town of Nenagh, Co Tipperary, today.

Sat, 03 Jan, 2004

Archbishop Courtney's body arrives home

The body of Archbishop Michael Courtney, the Pope’s Ambassador gunned down in a hail of bullets in Burundi, was received back home in Ireland today.

Fri, 02 Jan, 2004

Burundi's Irish papal nuncio shot dead

The papal nuncio in Burundi, Monsignor Michael Courtney, from Co Tipperary, has been shot and killed, the Vatican said today.

Mon, 29 Dec, 2003