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Published Date: 27 March 2008
CARDINAL Keith O'Brien was recovering in hospital today after having a pacemaker fitted.
The leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland underwent the procedure yesterday at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.

The cardinal, 70, who suffers from a heart murmur, had been suffering dizzy spells in recent weeks and had fainted before Palm Sunday mass.

Cardinal O'Brien, who used his Easter Sunday sermon to launch a fierce attack on the Government's controversial legislation on embryo research, had the device fitted under local anaesthetic.

His spokesman, Peter Kearney, said: "The Cardinal has suffered from a heart murmur since he was in his 20s and it was arranged in the last few weeks that he would go in for this procedure.

"I have been told he appears to be recovering well. He hopes to carry on with his programme as normal in accordance with medical advice."

The Cardinal, who is Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, plans to attend a public meeting tomorrow to campaign against the Government's Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.

Mr Kearney said the meeting was due to take place at the church hall in St Bryce Kirk in Kirkcaldy.





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  • Last Updated: 27 March 2008 10:38 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Roman Catholic church
 
1

eric,

Lothian 27/03/2008 12:34:31
Arent we playing GOD !
2

Duncan in Edinburgh,

27/03/2008 15:37:14
This is the start of a slippery slope. Frankenstein Cardinals are bad enough, but how long before we get entirely robotic priests?
3

John Knox furr First Meenister,

High St, Embra 27/03/2008 16:07:54
"He hopes to carry on with his programme as normal in accordance with medical advice."
I'm sure the medical research council could give him some advice too.
4

ADMuir,

27/03/2008 16:15:14
I'm fighting the urge, but I'll save my cardinal bashing for another day.
5

Gina Gibson,

Wales 27/03/2008 22:36:35
If God had meant for cardinal O'Brien to have a pacemaker he would have been fitted with a battery flap!

 

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