Pope
Francis visits Cardinal Etchegaray in hospital
(Vatican
Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday evening made a private visit to Cardinal Roger
Etchegaray, who is being treated at the Gemelli Hospital for a fractured left
femur.
The
93-year-old Cardinal lost his balance and fell while greeting Pope Francis at
the end of Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday morning.
His
prognosis is good, but he will require an operation to repair the fracture.
During
the visit, Pope Francis and the Cardinal spoke for about 15 minutes, during
which Cardinal Etchegaray thanked the Holy Father in particular for the
recently concluded Synod. Pope Francis concluded the visit by giving him his
blessing.
Cardinal
Etchegaray had previously broken his leg and hip on Christmas Eve in 2009, when
a mentally unstable woman jumped the barricades at Midnight Mass in the
Vatican, knocking him and Pope Benedict XVI to the ground.
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