New York's Cardinal Dolan says George's death was a jolt
New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan is joining others in remembering Cardinal Francis George as a gift from God and "friend and guide."
George, who retired as Chicago archbishop in the fall of 2014, died Friday after a long fight with cancer.
Dolan said while all realized the end for George was near, his passing "still comes as a jolt, and leaves us with a sense of emptiness and loss."
Brigid Cashman, a religious education instructor at Chicago's Frances Xavier Warde School, says George was both a symbol of courage and bravery as he battled polio as a child and cancer as an adult.
Cashman says she never heard George complain, adding he taught all how to deal with challenges life brings with "grace and gratitude."
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