Cardinal Joos Dies

From Belgium-Cardinal-Dies:



"Gustaaf Cardinal Joos of Belgium, who derided lesbians and gays as 'sexual perverts,' died Tuesday at age 81, local church officials said.



Joos died at his parish home. He fell ill after saying mass Tuesday morning at a church in Landskouter, 44 kilometres northwest of Brussels, which he led since 1970, the Ghent bishopric said. It did not release information on the cause of death.



Joos, who was appointed cardinal last year, studied with Pope John Paul II before the latter became pontiff in Rome. "