Late Franciscan friar recalled as a – light shining in the darkness’

Franciscan Father Andrew Apostoli listens to a woman's confession outside St. Crispin Friary in the Bronx borough of New York June 13. Father Apostoli, who was host of the the Eternal Word Television Network's "Sunday Night Prime" and a founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal community, died Dec. 13 at age 75, after a months-long battle with cancer. YONKERS, N.Y. - At his funeral Mass Dec. 20, Fr.