Indonesia mourns Catholic intellectual giant
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 and integrity whom I greatly admired” and whose advice he sought before becoming a lawmaker in Indo...