Archbishop George must have been surprised in early April 1997 when Pope John Paul II appointed him to succeed Cardinal Joseph Bernardin as the archbishop of Chicago.

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“The escalation in injuries was driven by a significant increase in firearm assaults and homicides, as well as increased frequency of innocent children injured as bystanders amidst adult crime,” Bernardin said in a university news release.

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“This trend is particularly noteworthy because as surges from future COVID-19 variants are likely to occur, one may infer that these surges may be related to future spikes in firearm injuries,” Bernardin said.

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