died Jan. 17 in Lauris, France. He was 85. The Paris Foreign Missions Society said Father Ponchaud, a member of the group, died at its retirement facility, where he had lived since returning to ...

died Jan. 17 in Lauris, France. He was 86. His death was announced by the Paris Foreign Missions Society, of which Ponchaud was a member. The society said he died at its retirement facility.

died today at the age of 85 at the retirement home of the Missions Étrangères de Paris (MÉP), in Lauris, France. Known around the world as a direct witness to the Khmer Rouge seizure of power ...

François Ponchaud, a French Catholic missionary priest whose book "Cambodia: Year Zero" helped draw global attention to the staggering atrocities committed by the radical communist Khmer Rouge in the ...