Father Greeley's Condition Improves After Skull Fracture

The Rev. Andrew Greeley, who has been in critical condition since he fell and fractured his skull after a speech in Rosemont earlier this month, is reportedly doing better and his condition has been upgraded, according to the priest's Web site.

Greeley, 80, got his jacket stuck in a taxi door at the Rosemont CTA station after a lecture in Rosemont on Friday, Nov. 7. As the cab began to pull away, he fell to the ground and hit his head, fracturing his skull.

He was taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, where he had been in critical condition up until Monday, when, according to an update on his Web site, his condition was upgraded to fair. Greeley is reportedly "doing much better" according to the update.

Greeley, who was wearing a Barack Obama baseball cap when he fell, suffered bleeding on the brain. "He was so excited about the outcome of the elections, as anyone who knows him might have guessed," the Web site said.

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