Lihat sumber Francis George

{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = cardinal
| honorific-prefix = <small>[[His Eminence]]</small>
| name = <br />Francis Eugene George
| honorific-suffix = [[Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate|OMI]]
| image = Cardinal-Francis-George 110516 photoby Adam-Bielawski.jpg
| caption = Kardinal Francis George (difoto oleh Adam Bielawski)
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| see = [[Keuskupan Agung Chicago|Chicago]]
| enthroned = May 7, 1997
| ended = 
| predecessor = [[Joseph Bernardin]] †
| successor = ''incumbent''
| ordination = December 21, 1963
| consecration = September 21, 1990
| cardinal = February 21, 1998
| rank = [[Cardinal Priest]] of [[San Bartolomeo all'Isola]]
| other_post = Uskup Agung [[Keuskupan Agung Portland|Portland]]<br>Uskup Yakima
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|1|16|mf=y}}
| birthplace = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|04|18|1937|1|16|mf=y}}
| deathplace = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]
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'''Francis Eugene George''', [[OMI]] ({{lahirmati|{{City-state|Chicago|Illinois}}, [[Amerika Serikat]]|16|1|1937|{{City-state|Chicago|Illinois}}, [[Amerika Serikat]]|17|4|2015}}) adalah seorang [[Kardinal]] Amerika Serikat. Dia adalah kardinal ke delapan dan Uskup Agung Chicago yang sekarang, setelah sebelumnya melayani sebagai Uskup Yakima (1990-1996) dan Uskup Agung Portland (1996-1997). Dia diangkat menjadi [[Kardinal]] oleh [[Paus Yohanes Paulus II]] pada tahun 1998. George saat ini masih menjabat sebagai Presiden dari Konferensi Uskup Katolik Amerika Serikat, dan bertugas di salah satu keuskupan terbesar di U.S. berdasarkan populasi umat Katoliknya. Selaku anggota dari [[Oblat Maria Immaculata]], dia pernah menjabat sebagai provincial, atau kepala provinsi Amerika dari ordo tersebut; sebelumnya, dia mengajar di beberapa seminari di Amerika. Dia terpilih sebagai moderator untuk Amerika Utara pada acara pertemuan sinode umum para Uskup sedunia tahun 2008.

Selain bahasa aslinya [[bahasa Inggris]], George juga mampu berkomunikasi dalam [[bahasa Prancis]], [[bahasa Italia]], [[bahasa Latin]], [[bahasa Spanyol]] dan [[bahasa Jerman]].<!-- BELUM DITERJEMAHKAN
==Early years==

Born in Chicago to Francis J. and Julia R. McCarthy George, he attended St. Pascal Grade School on the city's [[Northwest Side, Chicago|northwest side]].  Cardinal George then enrolled at [[Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary]] in Chicago.  However, due to difficulty climbing stairs because of childhood polio, he attended Quigley for only a day. He then transferred to St. Henry Preparatory Seminary in [[Belleville, Illinois]] before joining the religious order of the [[Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate]] on August 14, 1957.  He was sent to the [[University of Ottawa]] in [[Canada]] to study [[theology]] before being [[Holy Orders|ordained]] to the priesthood on December 21, 1963.  Ordination took place at his home parish of St. Pascal Church by Bishop Raymond Hillinger.

==Father of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate==

George's religious order sent him to [[The Catholic University of America|Catholic University of America]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] where he earned a master's degree in [[philosophy]] in 1965 and where he is now a member of the [[Board of Trustees of The Catholic University of America|Board of Trustees]].  He then attended classes at [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], where he obtained a Ph.D. in [[American philosophy]] in 1970. George then returned to the [[University of Ottawa]] to obtain a [[master's degree]] in theology in 1971.

While studying for the doctorate, George at the same time taught philosophy at [[Oblate Seminary]] in [[Pass Christian, Mississippi]] from 1964 to 1969, at Tulane in 1968, and as Assistant Professor of Philosophy at [[Creighton University]] in [[Omaha, Nebraska]] from 1969 to 1973.

Upon his departure from Creighton, George served as Provincial Superior of the Midwestern Province for the Oblates in [[St. Paul, Minnesota]], for a year.  He was then elected Vicar General of the Oblates and served in [[Rome]] through 1986. It was in Rome that George obtained his [[Doctor of Sacred Theology|Doctorate in Sacred Theology]] in [[ecclesiology]] from the [[Pontifical Urban University]] in 1988.

==Early episcopate==

[[Pope John Paul II]] appointed Father George the fifth Uskup Yakima in [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] state on July 10, 1990.  He was consecrated and installed on September 21 in Yakima's Holy Family Church.  He served Yakima for five and a half years.

Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop George the ninth ArchUskup Portland in [[Oregon]] on April 30, 1996.  He was installed in a ceremony on May 27.

==ArchUskup Chicago==
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On April 8, 1997, Pope John Paul II appointed Archbishop George the eighth ArchUskup Chicago to fill a vacancy left by the death of [[Joseph Bernardin]] on November 14, 1996.  He was the first native Chicagoan to assume the office. On May 7 after his appointment, the [[Nunciature to the United States of America|Apostolic Pro-Nuncio]] [[Agostino Cacciavillan]] installed Archbishop George in [[Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago|Holy Name Cathedral]].

On January 18, 1998, Pope John Paul II announced Archbishop George's elevation to the [[Sacred College of Cardinals]] with the title of ''[[Cardinal Priest]] of [[San Bartolomeo all'Isola]]''.  Newly named Cardinal George was awarded the privileges of the scarlet vestments and [[biretta]] in [[consistory]] at the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] on February 21.

George was one of the [[Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 2005|cardinal electors]] who participated in the [[Papal conclave, 2005|2005 papal conclave]] that selected [[Pope Benedict XVI]]. He will be eligible to participate in any future papal conclaves that occur before January 16, 2017 when he will reach his 80<sup>th</sup> birthday.

At the conclave, he, like [[Cardinal Rigali]] of Philadelphia, was known as a conservative supporter of Benedict, saying afterward in a press conference, "It was a choice that was apparent almost immediately."

Cardinal George publishes a locally well-read column bi-monthly in the Chicago archdiocesan newspaper, ''The Catholic New World'', called "The Cardinal's Column". As Cardinal Bernardin referred to himself as "Joseph your brother", George refers to himself as "Francis your neighbor". He has published at least two pastoral letters, including a major discourse on the sinful and destructive nature of racism.

George is also known for continuing the work of his predecessor, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, regarding young people in the church - specifically, by addressing the archdiocese's annual [[Theology on Tap]] gathering in 1997. In his invitation to the event, he wrote, “You are very important members of the Church. Your energy, talent and faith will give me much help as together we build up our local Church to be a vital presence in the Chicago area. Together we can continue the mission of Jesus Christ to bring the Gospel of love, forgiveness and holiness to all the places where we live and encounter others.”

===Interfaith relations===
In 2007, he asked Jews to reconsider descriptions of Jesus in the [[Talmud]] as a "bastard" in exchange for a softening of traditional Catholic prayers calling for Jews to be converted to Christianity.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1565317/Cardinal-calls-for-textual-revision.html Cardinal calls for textual revision], Martin, Ben, ''Telegraph.co.uk'', 2007-10-06.</ref> In 2009, he condemned negationist declarations made by bishop [[Richard Williamson (bishop)|Richard Williamson]], a member of the [[Society of Saint Pius X]].<ref>[http://in.sys-con.com/node/829416 President of U.S. Bishops Says Holocaust Denial 'Deeply Offensive and Utterly False']</ref>

In 2010, he spoke at [[Brigham Young University]] about the continued need for Catholics and [[Mormons]] to stand together to protect religious freedom. "In recent years, Catholics and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have stood more frequently side by side in the public square to defend human life and dignity," Cardinal George said. He also praised the LDS Church for its efforts alongside the Catholic Church to combat poverty and pornography and the need to define marriage as between one man and one woman.<ref>[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700011507/LDS-Catholics-must-defend-freedom.html LDS, Catholics must defend religious freedom, cardinal says at BYU], Israelsen-Hartley, Sara, ''Deseret News'', 2010-02-24.</ref>

==Health concerns==
In a statement to the [[Archdiocese of Chicago]] Cardinal George announced on July 26, 2006 that he had [[bladder cancer]] and would undergo surgery the next day at [[Loyola University Chicago|Loyola University]] Medical Center in [[Maywood]], west of Chicago.

His personal physician, the Reverend [[Myles Sheehan]], [[Society of Jesus|S.J.]], [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]], said that there was a drop in blood pressure after the surgery and some bleeding in a small blood vessel, but that the Cardinal had suffered only minor complications.

Cardinal George was released and, it was ultimately determined, was not expected to need [[chemotherapy]] or [[radiation]] because the bladder cancer, while an aggressive type, was strictly confined to the bladder and a ureter as a [[carcinoma]] [[in situ]] and had not spread to lymph nodes or otherwise extensively spread by [[metastasis]]. He was able to eat normally, not needing an indwelling [[catheter]] or other artificial system after a new bladder had been reconstructed from some intestinal [[Biological tissue|tissue]]. He planned to use a [[walker (tool)|walker]] and undergo [[physical therapy]] and rehabilitation at his residence to regain full use of a leg stricken by his childhood bout with polio.

He attended to affairs with the archdiocese's [[vicar general]], the Msgr. [[John Canary]], while he recuperated.  He resumed limited functions from the residence soon thereafter, followed by his regular schedule after September 2006. His prognosis for recovery was deemed "favorable." He traveled to Rome in October 2006, to concelebrate the canonization Mass of Indiana's first saint, Mother [[Theodore Guerin]], [[Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods|S.P.]], and three other new saints.

Cardinal George, as Vice President of the [[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops]], met with several other leaders of the conference and its president at the time, Bishop [[William S. Skylstad]] of Spokane, Washington, during that 2006 visit to Rome. The conference leaders were received by Pope Benedict XVI and the Roman Curia. He also resumed writing "The Cardinal's Column," his piece in the main archdiocesan newspaper, ''the Catholic New World''. He helped launch the first American diocesan Polish newspaper, which will join ''Chicago Catolico,'' the Spanish diocesan newspaper, to serve an ethnically diverse diocese.

On April 7, 2007, the day before [[Easter Sunday]], Cardinal George slipped and fell at Saint Ferdinand Church in the Northwest Side area of Chicago on holy water that he had been sprinkling on [[Easter baskets]], some of which had fallen on the church's floor. He fractured his hip at the top of the [[femur]]. He continued the service, but was later taken to [[Loyola University Medical Center]].<ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070408cardinal,1,5926945.story?coll=chi-news-hed Cardinal Injured], 2007-04-08.</ref> Surgery was not necessary and he was released on Easter Sunday and celebrated Mass in the private chapel in his residence.

All the rest of his Easter engagements for the week were postponed or canceled, as was his place in a pilgrimage trip later in the week to Rome. He had remarked earlier that because of the right leg brace he wears from his childhood polio, combined with his recent cancer, he now falls more frequently.{{Fact|date=March 2008}}

In November 2007 Cardinal George was elected president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, to serve until the end of 2010.<ref>[http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2007/07-185.shtml U.S. Catholic Bishops elect new president and vice president ]</ref>
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== Referensi ==

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== Pranala luar ==

* [http://cardinalgeorge.blogspot.com Cardinal George Fanclub] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060218015821/http://cardinalgeorge.blogspot.com/ |date=2006-02-18 }} - News Coverage, Commentary & Resources
* [http://www.archchicago.org/cardinal/ Archdiocese of Chicago] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505182135/http://www.archchicago.org/cardinal/ |date=2009-05-05 }} - Official Site
* [http://www.catholicnewworld.com/ Catholic New World Newspaper] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815101922/http://www.catholicnewworld.com/ |date=2013-08-15 }}
* [http://www.archdiocese-chgo.org/parishdirec/list.shtm Parish Directory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040726025249/http://www.archdiocese-chgo.org/parishdirec/list.shtm |date=2004-07-26 }}
* [http://schools.archdiocese-chgo.org/ Schools Directory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221225053/http://schools.archdiocese-chgo.org/ |date=2008-12-21 }}
* [http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=134 Cardinal George's catholic-pages bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060825210932/http://catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=134 |date=2006-08-25 }}
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