At his final news conference before leaving the Diocese of San Diego, Cardinal Robert McElroy, the new Archbishop of Washington, D.C., prays for the Pope’s recovery and remembers his appeals on behalf of those suffering around the world.
The Cardinal took questions on various issues but first wished to speak about the unity of the Diocese in praying for the recovery of Pope Francis. Last week all the priests of the Diocese of San Diego gathered for a special prayer service for the Pope’s health in spiritual union with people around the world. Cardinal McElroy said that Pope Francis throughout his pontificate has offered “a sign a prayer of reaching out in every situation in the world” marked by turmoil, hardship, struggle and suffering, and that in response may our own prayers “help him in his suffering, give him peace, give him strength and healing.”
