Francis Cardinal George (1937 – 2015)

I expect to die in bed, my successor will die in prison and his successor will die a martyr in the public square. His successor will pick up the shards of a ruined society and slowly help rebuild civilization, as the church has done so often in human history.

Francis Cardinal George, OMI
Archbishop of Chicago

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Cardinal George, Archbishop Emeritus of Chicago, died today of cancer. He was 78.

There’s a lot you could say about Cardinal George, and I have no doubt that the Catholic blogoshpere is melting down with information even as we speak.

Here are just a few:

Chicago Tribune

National Catholic Register

Archdiocese of Chicago

Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine
Et lux perpetua luceat eis:
Requiescant in pace. Amen.

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