CHICAGO (IL)
NBC Chicago
By Mary Ann Ahern | Friday, Apr 11, 2014
Cardinal Francis George says the Vatican’s American representative has agreed to begin the process of choosing his successor.
“I know it looks as if I’m going to have to be spending a little more attention on my health,” Cardinal George told reporters Friday, “and so it’s just not fair to the Archdiocese to have someone who may not be able to do the job as well as I believe it should be done.”
The Archdiocese of Chicago announced this week the Cardinal, 77, has resumed his chemotherapy and will not make a scheduled trip to Rome to attend the canonization of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII on April 27.
The Cardinal is suffering from cancer near his right kidney and underwent his second chemotherapy treatment on Monday. He survived bladder cancer eight years ago and was diagnosed with urothelial cancer in 2012.
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