Images: Cardinal George's visitation
Cardinal Francis George's sister Margaret Cain places her hand on her brother during his visitation Tuesday at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago. Pope John Paul II appointed George in 1997. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
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The processional with Cardinal Francis George's casket makes its way through the Holy Name Cathedral during the rite of reception ceremony Tuesday in Chicago.
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The casket containing Cardinal Francis George is blessed Tuesday during visitation at Holy Name Cathedral. The native Chicagoan retired in the fall of 2014, a few months before announcing his treatment for kidney cancer had failed.
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The casket containing Cardinal Francis George is carried for visitation Tuesday at Holy Name Cathedral.
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The casket containing Cardinal Francis George is blessed during visitation at Holy Name Cathedral on Tuesday in Chicago.
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The casket containing Cardinal Francis George is carried for visitation at Holy Name Cathedral on Tuesday in Chicago.
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The casket containing Cardinal Francis George is carried for visitation at Holy Name Cathedral on Tuesday in Chicago.
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The late Cardinal Francis George is blessed during the Rite of Reception inside Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago before a public visitation on Tuesday.
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Members of the clergy arrive at the Rite of Reception for the late Cardinal Francis George inside Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago before a public visitation on Tuesday,
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Mourners attend a rite of reception ceremony at Holy Name Cathedral for the late Cardinal Francis George on Tuesday in Chicago.
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The processional with Cardinal Francis George's casket makes its way through the Holy Name Cathedral on Tuesday.
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The processional with Cardinal Francis George's casket makes its way through the Holy Name Cathedral during the rite of reception ceremony Tuesday in Chicago. George died Friday at age 78.
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Archbishop Blase Cupich, left, walks in the processional with Cardinal Francis George's casket during the rite of reception ceremony Tuesday at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago.
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The processional with Cardinal Francis George's casket makes its way through the Holy Name Cathedral during the rite of reception ceremony Tuesday.
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Archbishop Blase Cupich looks at Cardinal Francis George during George's visitation at Holy Name Cathedral Tuesday.
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Mourners gather outside Holy Name Cathedral before Cardinal Francis George's visitation Tuesday in Chicago.
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A mourner prays during the rite of reception ceremony for Cardinal Francis George at Holy Name Cathedral Tuesday in Chicago.
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