Chicago Catholics To Say Final Farewell to Cardinal George

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Catholics are getting ready to say their final goodbyes to the late Cardinal Francis George.

A funeral Mass will be held Thursday at Holy Name Cathedral, following three days of visitation. George will be buried in his family’s plot at All Saints Cemetery in suburban Des Plaines.

George died last Friday at age 78 after a long battle with cancer.

The Chicago native who grew up in a working class neighborhood was appointed leader of the nation’s third-largest archdiocese in 1997 by Pope John Paul II.

George became known as a vigorous defender of Roman Catholic orthodoxy and an intellectual leader within the church.

He retired last fall a few months before announcing his treatment for kidney cancer had failed. He was replaced by Archbishop Blase Cupich (blayz SOO’-pich).

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