Cardinal George took a fall yesterday:

Cardinal Francis George was hospitalized with a slight hip fracture
Saturday after he apparently slipped and fell inside a Chicago church
while blessing Easter baskets, archdiocese officials said.

George, 70, was at St. Ferdinand Catholic Church on the Northwest Side
Saturday morning to bless baskets of food for Easter meals and slipped
on some holy water that had splashed onto the marble floor, said
Colleen Dolan, spokeswoman for the archdiocese.

Upon falling, the cardinal appeared to land squarely on his hips in a
seated position and grimaced in pain. He did not lose consciousness and
even continued with the blessing. But shortly after the service, the
pain in his right hip grew more severe and he was taken to Loyola
University Medical Center in Maywood in a private car.

Though the injury was not serious and did not require surgery,
Dolan said George would remain hospitalized for a few days of physical
therapy and using a walker, so as not to apply pressure to his hip.

"He took a fall . . . in his exuberance with the holy water," Dolan
said. "He was concerned when it started to hurt more. That is why he
wanted to check, and we’re glad he did."

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Dolan said the accident came just when  George seemed to have regained his strength. (from his bout with cancer last year)

"I think his energy level had gotten stronger in the last few weeks. He had reached back to his old stride," Dolan said.