The Spanish-speaking Irish immigrant stood up for his working class parishioners against federal and local officials and even his own bosses. Even after Pope Francis appointed him as a bishop in 2015, O’Connell never lost his common touch.
Three dead as Storm Gail blasts the East Coast: Biggest nor easter in a decade dumps up to 2ft of snow on 70 million people, causes huge pile-ups and threatens to hold up vaccine delivery - but doesn t stop New Yorkers dining outdoors
Winter Storm Gail began blanketing several states in the Northeast with snow on Wednesday afternoon
Two people died in a crash involving dozens of cars on I-80 in Clinton County, Pennsylvania, police said
A 19-year-old man from North Carolina was also killed in a collision in Pulaski County, Virginia
A 20-car pile-up in the Bronx left at least six people injured and multiple others trapped in their vehicles
Whiteout! Before and after photos show how Storm Gail has battered the East Coast killing six and causing over 1,000 crashes as more snow falls in one day in NYC than the WHOLE of last winter
More than 600 car crashes were reported in New York state with six people injured in a 27-car pile up in Manhattan, NYC, Wednesday night
In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, two lucky EMS workers managed to escape unscathed when a truck plowed head-on into their vehicle when they were responding to a separate crash
Elsewhere in Pennsylvania, two people were killed in a 30 to 60 car pile-up in Clinton County and a third in a single-vehicle crash in Snyder County