Former Boston Archbishop Bernard F. Law dies at 86

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Cardinal Law greeted colleagues in Rome in 2006.

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Law with fellow cardinals in St. Peter?s Square in 2013.

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Law and President George H.W. Bush in 1989.

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Law left Suffolk Superior Court after giving a deposition.

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Law spoke during a 2002 briefing at the old archdiocese headquarters.

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Law led an antiabortion march through Boston in 1997.

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Law left the Cathedral of the Holy Cross after his installation Mass.

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Law met with Pope John Paul II in 2002, when he offered his resignation.

Law left Boston in disgrace

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The former archbishop of Boston has died in Rome.

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