Pope Francis is in critical condition from complications from a complex lung infection, but Connolly said the church will continue to move forward.
"What the Catholic Church is really is a communion of churches throughout the world and the Church of Rome is the mother and head of them all," he said. "Throughout the world we still have our local bishops who teach, who govern, and who sanctify us. Like here in the Archdiocese of New York, in America, we have our Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan. So the work of the church, of course, goes on."