Chicago's former archbishop, Cardinal Francis George, dies at 78: reports

By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago from 1997 until 2014, has died at the age of 78 after a long battle with cancer, the Chicago Tribune and other media reported on Friday. Pope Francis accepted his resignation in September 2014 and appointed then-Bishop Blase J. Cupich of Spokane, Washington, to succeed him as head of the nation's third-largest archdiocese. The Archdiocese of Chicago did not immediately confirm the reports that Cardinal George had died, but Archbishop Cupich was scheduled to give a news conference at 2 p.m. (3 p.m. EDT). George was president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops between 2007 to 2010, helping to set policy for the U.S. church.



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