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Indonesia mourns Catholic intellectual giant Layman Daniel Dhakidae, whose advice was sought by many national figures, dies at 75 Daniel Dhakidae, a Catholic layman and former seminarian, died on April 6. (Photo courtesy of Dian Interfidei) On hearing that Catholic layman and prominent Indonesian intellectual Daniel Dhakidae had died of a heart attack on April 6, lawmaker Yohanis Fransiskus Lema said he had lost one of his role models. He said Dhakidae, 75, was "a figure of great intelligence a...