Cardinal Vlk recuperating after heart problems

Former Prague archbishop, Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, 84, is reported to have spent the last days of 2016 in hospital. According to the internet site lidovky.cz the cardinal was hospitalized over Christmas with heart problems. Cardinal Vlk later confirmed the news himself on his website saying that he was cancelling appointments in the first days of the New Year in order to get some rest and would cut back on his workload in the coming months.