Posted on 04/29/2002 4:06:50 PM PDT by history_matters
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cardinal Roger Mahony, who leads the nation's largest Catholic diocese, was in good condition Monday after being hospitalized for treatment of a blood clot in his lung, church officials said.
Mahony, 66, was admitted Sunday night to Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, the archdiocese said in a statement. He is expected to remain hospitalized for several days.
Mahony returned last week from a two-day Vatican summit where he met with the pope and other U.S. cardinals to discuss the sex abuse scandal that has rocked the Roman Catholic church.
Since returning, he has maintained a busy schedule.
In recent days, he has granted several interviews with the media, saying the church must have a zero-tolerance policy toward sexually abusive priests and apologizing to victims.
But he has been criticized for refusing to make public the names of priests who were removed for alleged misconduct.
Mahony was treated in 1998 for a blood clot in his right lung that he developed after prostate surgery. Clots are a common occurrence following surgery. A Hollywood native and former bishop of Stockton, Mahony succeeded Cardinal Timothy Manning as archbishop of Los Angeles on Sept. 5, 1985. He was made cardinal in 1991.
I will admit I'm not a fan of his however I do pray he has a speedy recovery. The Church needs his leadership right now.
God DOES work in mysterious ways! I never felt it was wrong to pray to God that He either convert of get rid of someone. If we perceive a shepherd as a wolf and in fact he is one; is it wrong to desire that God either change him back to a shepherd or expel the wolf from the flock? Maybe I should go to confession also!
Not in the least. It's not wrong to desire justice.
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.
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