Washington D.C., Oct 16, 2021 / 12:00 pm
Cardinal Raymond Burke on Friday said that he is continuing to recover from COVID-19 and can offer daily Mass now, in a statement posted on his Facebook account.
“With heartfelt gratitude to all those who have prayed for my recovery, I write to inform you that, since my previous letter, physical therapy has aided my rehabilitation so greatly that I am now able to offer daily the Holy Mass,” the cardinal stated on Friday. “Words cannot adequately express my joy at this gift of God’s grace in my life.”
Burke added that his “recovery continues to remain an intensive process.”
The 73-year-old cardinal was hospitalized with COVID-19 in August and was placed on a ventilator. Normally based in Rome, he reportedly fell ill while in Wisconsin. By Aug. 21, the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Wisconsin – which provided official updates on Burke’s condition – stated that he was off the ventilator and was leaving the hospital ICU.