Gov. Hogan to Meet With Pope Francis in DC

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan – who just spent five days in the hospital for cancer treatment -- will meet with Pope Francis Thursday afternoon to seek his blessing for cancer patients.

Hogan, a Catholic, announced the meeting on his Facebook page Tuesday: “As Governor of Maryland, I would like to warmly welcome the Holy Father Pope Francis to Maryland to begin his first-ever trip to the United States! I will have the great honor of meeting him on Thursday and will seek prayers and his blessing for cancer patients everywhere.”

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The pontiff speaks to both houses of Congress Thursday morning, and leaves for New York at 4 p.m. Thursday from Joint Base Andrews.

A Hogan spokesman told The Baltimore Sun the governor will be part of a closed meeting with Pope Francis and Catholic Charities of Washington, D.C.

Hogan has completed five of six courses of chemotherapy to treat non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. In June, he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph nodes.

In July, Hogan changed his profile picture on Facebook to show his bald head as chemo caused hair loss. “Bald is beautiful,” he wrote.

»Photo of Gov. Larry Hogan from his Facebook page