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Polish Archbishop Henryk Hoser, a former Vatican envoy who helped rebuild the church in post-genocide Rwanda and promoted the Medjugorje shrine as a papal representative, died at age 78 Aug. 13, 2021, after contracting COVID-19. He is pictured in an Oct. 6, 2015, photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)