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May 6, 2012

Catholic Cemeteries buries indigent from county morgue

Cemetery workers transport a body that arrived from the Cook County Morgue to a grave site at Mount Olivet Cemetery on April 25. Cardinal George presided at a graveside prayer service for 13 deceased indigent people and 120 unborn babies at the cemetery. Karen Callaway / Catholic New World

Funeral directors stand next to the caskets during the April 25 service. They held white carnations, which they placed upon the caskets afterward. Karen Callaway / Catholic New World

Story by Joyce Duriga

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Photos by Karen Callaway

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