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Cardinal Francis George’s Timely and Timeless Vision for the Church, by Conor Dugan – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Cardinal Francis George’s Timely and Timeless Vision for the Church, by Conor Dugan

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By Conor Dugan, Catholic World Report, May 7, 2025

Conor B. Dugan is a husband, father of four, and attorney who lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The late cardinal, who died ten years ago, left a rich and lasting legacy, as Michael R. Heinlein’s masterful biography describes with scholarly detail and exacting honesty.

Holy Thursday, April 17, marked the tenth anniversary of Cardinal Francis George’s death after a lengthy battle with cancer. In the past decade, Catholics—especially American Catholics—have suffered from his absence. With his keen intellect, deep faith, personal holiness, and incisive prose, Cardinal George was a steady rudder.

Those gifts have been missed in this last decade of chaos and craziness in both the world and the Church. While Cardinal George would be too old to vote in the current papal conclave, his vision would be helpful as the cardinal-electors elect a new Pope. God had different plans and called Cardinal George home, and thus we’ve had to navigate these years without his sure guidance. But we can still learn much from his life and work. His witness provides ballast in these difficult times….

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