Your afternoon Briefing: ‘Pope Francis cannot ignore this’

Your two-minute digest of the day’s top stories.

Hello readers, here’s your two-minute digest of today’s top stories.

‘Pope Francis cannot ignore this’

NSW Labor senator Kristina Keneally said Cardinal Pell’s conviction goes to the “heart of the Vatican” and must lead to immediate reform in the Catholic Church, as reaction ranged from shock to revulsion.

More reaction here

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 18: In this handout photo provided by World Youth Day, (L-R) Catholic Archbishop of Sydney Cardinal George Pell and His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI attend a meeting with Heads of Other Faiths at St Mary's Cathedral Chapter Hall during World Youth Day Sydney 2008 on July 18, 2008 in Sydney, Australia. Organised every two to three years by the Catholic Church, World Youth Day (WYD) is an invitation from the Pope to the youth of the world to celebrate their faith. The celebration, being held in Sydney from July 15, 2008 to July 20, 2008, will mark the first visit of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to Australia. (Photo by World Youth Day via Getty Images)

‘I still hope for truth, justice’

Although the complainant got all sorts of facts wrong, the jury must have believed that Pell did something dreadful to him, writes Frank Brennan. The jurors must have judged the complainant to be honest and reliable even though many of the details he gave were improbable if not impossible.

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Queensland Deputy Premier Jackie Trad speaks during Question Time at Parliament House in Brisbane, Tuesday, February 26, 2019. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING

Trad tells coalminers to re-skill

Workers in mining districts need to re-skill amid a backlash against coal-fired electricity, Queensland Deputy Premier Jackie Trad says.

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CLP candidate Jacinta Price during the Australian Prime Minister's press conference at the Bowali Visitor Centre, Jabiru in the Northern Territory on Sunday, January 13, 2019. The federal government will invest $216 million in the Northern Territory's Kakadu National Park to improve road access and tourist facilities. (AAP Image/ Michael Franchi) NO ARCHIVING

ALP ‘disrupting Price campaign’

Jacinta Price has accused the ALP of “callously and vindictively” trying to disrupt a crowd-funding page in support of her campaign for the Northern Territory seat of Lingari.

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FILE- In this Feb. 14, 2019 file photo, a crane drags a partially damaged vehicle belonging to Indian paramilitary soldiers after an explosion in Pampore, Indian-controlled Kashmir. Pakistan's military spokesman tweeted that Indian aircraft crossed into Pakistan on Tuesday and carried out an airstrike but said there were no casualties from the attack. The incursion could have been in retaliation for the deadly Feb. 14 suicide bombing in India's half of Kashmir that killed at least 40 troops. The Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad claimed responsibility. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)

India air force jets strike militant camps in Pakistan

An Indian government minister has said India’s air force jets carried out air strikes on militant camps inside Pakistan.