PRAY FOR GREELEY



(From the Sun-Times) The Rev. Andrew Greeley got stuck in a traffic jam on the Kennedy Expy. for 90 minutes recently, and the hassle persuaded the best-selling novelist to take the L next time.

He tried to do just that after giving a lecture in Rosemont on Friday (11/7), but his jacket got stuck in a taxi door when he was dropped off at the Rosemont CTA station.



Father Andrew Greeley, best-selling author and Sun-Times columnist, fractured his skull yesterday in an accident. He is in critical condition at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge.



As the cab began to pull away, the 80-year-old priest fell to the ground and hit his head, fracturing his skull. He was taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, where he was in critical condition, friends and family said Saturday afternoon.

"Right now he's critical but stable, very stable," niece Laura Durkin said. "Doctors are hopeful and pleased with his progress from [Friday] to [Saturday]."

Greeley, who was wearing a Barack Obama baseball cap when he fell, suffered bleeding on the brain.

Doctors installed a monitor in his skull to gauge pressure on his brain, said his friend and attorney Terry Goggin.

How about this one for starters: "Lord, we need Greeley right now more than You do, so if You wouldn't mind, let him keep his wits and stay with us a little longer, please?"