George Pell
Controversial cardinal withdraws from conclave after pope’s final letter emerges
Pope Francis’ posthumous directive has led Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu to pull out of papal conclave, averting further Vatican scandal.
- Rob Harris
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- Opinion
- Five Minutes with Fitz
Pope Francis ‘gave his life for all’ but he failed on one crucial challenge
Father Frank Brennan says for the future of Catholicism, the next pope must allow priests to marry, and do more to elevate women in the church.
- Peter FitzSimons
- Analysis
- Catholic church
What Francis achieved as Pope – and where he failed
Some cardinals expected Francis to be a caretaker pope, yet in just 12 years he reshaped the church in ways that will not be easy to reverse or ignore.
- Barney Zwartz
- Opinion
- Catholic church
St George Pell? Now that would be a miracle
The late cardinal George Pell has been credited with interceding to save the life of a little boy. But a sign of Pell’s humanity was always the mystery many of us were looking for while he lived.
- Thomas Keneally
- Updated
- Crime
‘I hope he rots in hell’: Paul’s relief over death of notorious paedophile priest
The 90-year-old disgraced Catholic priest Gerald Ridsdale had been in prison since 1994 for sexually abusing more than 70 children.
- Melissa Cunningham and Cameron Houston
Victims of sexual abuse by George Pell receive compensation under redress scheme
Two men abused by the late Cardinal George Pell in the 1970s have been granted compensation by the federal government’s National Redress Scheme, with one offered $45,000 just weeks before Pell’s death in 2022.
- Cameron Houston
Customers don’t enjoy being taken for mugs
Consumers don’t like to be exploited, treated like fools, taken for a ride or hit when they’re down.
- Analysis
- Naked City
From Pell to Gobbo, Kerri Judd faced ‘the familiar drumbeat of difficult decisions’
Victoria’s former director of public prosecutions was a magnet for controversy as she tackled cases where many have opinions and few have the responsibility.
- John Silvester
‘We should be careful with public shaming’: Tim Minchin rethinks his George Pell protest song
Eight years after Come Home (Cardinal Pell) became a viral success, Tim Minchin is no longer convinced that public shaming is the right mechanism for change.
- Thomas Mitchell
Louise Milligan’s pivot from investigative journalist to fiction writer
The investigative reporter pulls back the curtain on crime, the media and policing in her compelling first novel, Pheasants Nest.
- Kerrie O'Brien
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