Pope Francis visits ailing Cardinal in Krakow Hospital

Pope Francis paid an unscheduled call on Cardinal Franciszek Macharski, Archbishop-emeritus of Krakow.

Cardinal Macharski was Pope St. John Paul II’s immediate successor on the See of St. Stanislaus, which he held from 1978 until 2005.
The 89 year-old Cardinal Macharski is in University Hospital, Krakow, where he is receiving care for a protracted illness.