Cardinal Bernard Law (1931-2017)

White rose petals, symbolizing snow, drop from the ceiling of St. Mary Major's Basilica during Cardinal Bernard Law's Mass at a ceremony for Our Lady of the Snows, in Rome, on Aug. 5, 2011. Gregorio Borgia, AP

Cardinal Bernard Law celebrates a midday Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help church in Boston on May 10, 2002. Jim Bourg, AP

Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston, left, and Cardinal William Keeler of Baltimore reflect during a Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia on April 26, 2002. Dan Loh, AP

Cardinal Bernard Law greets parishioners following his mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston on Jan. 27, 2002. Lisa Poole, AP

Philippine President Corazon Aquino receives Holy Communion from Cardinal Bernard Law during Mass at St. Ignatius Church in Newton, Mass. Sept. 21, 1986. Elise Amendola, AP

Cardinal Bernard F. Law, Archbishop of Boston, talks to reporters at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Italy, March 7, 1989. AP

Bernard Cardinal Law, Archbishop of Boston, center, stands with some of the estimated 200 couples who renewed their marriage vows on Feb. 25, 2001, at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston. Michael Dwyer, AP

Cardinal Bernard F. Law, Archbishop of Boston, is embraced and kissed by Pope John Paul II as he is officially installed as a Cardinal during a solemn Consistory in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Vatican on May 25, 1985. Massimo Sambucetti, AP

Pope Benedict XVI has his hand kissed by Cardinal Bernard Law during the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on June 7, 2006. Plinio Lepri, AP