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PHOTOS: A look back at the life of Chicago's Francis Cardinal George

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Saturday, April 18, 2015
Cardinal Francis George pauses during a news conference in Chicago on April 11, 2013.
Cardinal George as president-elect of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on Nov.13, 2007 in Baltimore.
Cardinal George meets the media at the Pontifical North American College in Rome on April 5, 2005.
Cardinal George with Cardinal William Henry Keeler and Theodore Edgar McCarrick at North American College in Rome on April 17, 2005.
Cardinal George (right) with Pope Benedict XVI at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on April 16, 2008.
Francis Cardinal George celebrated his last Sunday Mass at Holy Name Cathedral as Chicago's archbishop on Nov. 16, 2014.
Archbishop-Designate Blase Cupich and Francis Cardinal George shake hands after Cupich is introduced on Sept. 20, 2014.
Representatives from across the city award Cardinal George Chicago's highest honor on Dec. 10, 2014.
Cardinal George stands alongside Archbishop Blase Cupich during his installation as the new archbishop of Chicago on Nov. 18, 2014.
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PHOTOS: A look back at the life of Chicago's Francis Cardinal GeorgeCardinal Francis George pauses during a news conference in Chicago on April 11, 2013.
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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Francis Eugene Cardinal George, Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, died today after a long battle with cancer. He was 78.

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