Chicago’s Catholic Cardinal George has recurrence of cancer

CHICAGO, Aug 18:  Chicago’s Roman Catholic Cardinal Francis George had cancerous cells removed from his kidney and liver this week, six years after he underwent surgery for bladder cancer, the diocese said yesterday. George, who oversees 2.3 million Catholics in the nation’s third-largest diocese after Los Angeles and New York, had a procedure on Wednesday removing the cancerous cells in his kidney and a nodule on his liver. (agencies)