LA's Cardinal Roger Mahony recovering after Rome hospitalization

Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony

Function: Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA

Title: Cardinal Priest of Ss Quattro Coronati

Birthdate: Feb 27, 1936	Country: USA

Elevated: Jun 28, 1991	More information: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

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LA's Cardinal Roger Mahony recovering after Rome hospitalization
Apr 16, 2005
Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony, hospitalized in Rome for four days to treat a ruptured blood vessel in his leg, has been released and is expected to participate in the conclave to select a new pope, his archdiocese said Saturday.

(Associated Press, Apr. 16, 2005) VATICAN CITY - Mahony, 69, fell and hurt his leg during a vacation in Northern California. He sought treatment at a Vatican clinic on April 9, the day after the funeral for Pope John Paul II, and later went to another clinic in Rome where doctors determined he did not have a blood clot or fracture, according to the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese. He was released Wednesday morning.

Mahony has returned to the Pontifical North American College, the U.S. seminary where American cardinals are staying in Rome, according to church officials. He resumed participating in the daily meetings held by the College of Cardinals ahead of the papal election, which is to begin Monday.

Mahony leads the largest archdiocese in the United States.

He was hospitalized in April 2002 for a blood clot in his lung, which may have been caused by a flight to Rome for an emergency summit the pope had convened to address the clergy sex-abuse crisis.

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