In an August 28 letter, the 73-year-old American cardinal said that he is continuing to recover from Covid.

“I have been transferred out of the Medical Intensive Care Unit and settled in a hospital room where the doctors, nurses, and numerous hospital staff have provided vigilant, superb, and steadfast medical care,” he wrote. “For these dedicated professionals, too, I offer heartfelt thanks, as well as to the priests who have ministered to me sacramentally.”