Cardinal Richard Baawobr of Wa (Ghana) / SECAMRome Newsroom, Aug 31, 2022 / 08:08 am (CNA).Cardinal Richard Kuuia Baawobr is expected to undergo heart surgery in Rome by the end of this week, according to the spokesman for the Ghana Catholic bishops' conference.The African cardinal was hospitalized in the Santo Spirito Hospital in Rome last week shortly before the Vatican ceremony in which he was to receive a red biretta from Pope Francis.Father Dieu-Donne Kofi Davor, the communications director for the Ghana Catholic bishops' conference, told CNA on Aug. 31 that the "surgery will take place before the week ends.""We are praying for his speedy recovery and return to Ghana soon," Davor said.Baawobr's absence from the consistory presided over by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica did not prevent him from being elevated to the College of Cardinals on Aug. 27. The 63-year-old received the title of cardinal while being treated in the Roman hospital. Pope Francis asked people to pr...