Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, a Jew who converted to Catholicism and rose through church hierarchy to become one of the most influential Roman Catholic figures in France, has died, the French president said Sunday.He was 80.
Lustiger, whose Polish immigrant mother died in the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, was archbishop of Paris for 24 years before stepping down in 2005 at the age of 78.
President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Lustiger's death in a statement without giving details.
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