The guilty verdict of Cardinal Angelo Becciu in a Vatican City courtroom came on an auspicious day – the 57th anniversary of the ordination of George Pell to the priesthood in St Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
Cardinal Angelo Becciu – once himself a papal contender and later, nemesis of the late Cardinal George Pell – is the most senior Holy See official to be sent to prison for financial crimes.
The late George Pell had long claimed that Cardinal Angelo Becciu was thwarting reform of the Vatican moneys. On Saturday the Sardinian was sentenced to five years jail.
The pontiff has urged Holy See officials in charge of financial reform and compliance to show ‘courage’ and ‘absolute transparency’ in the face of wrongdoing and corruption.
A former Italian Constitutional Court judge has linked the 2017 sacking of the Vatican’s first auditor-general to the subsequent jailing of Cardinal George Pell in Australia.
David Marr’s new book examines the Native Police’s dispossession of Indigenous Australians, and is surely one of the books of the year.
Storytelling is Jeanne Ryckmans’ life. So, what happens when a professional yarn peddler meets an adept yarn spinner who claims to be close to George Pell and the RBA governor?
George Pell long predicted the looming issue. Jesus drove the money changers from the temple in Jerusalem, and the Catholic Church needs a similar cleansing.
Six months after the death of Cardinal George Pell, the Pope has snubbed Australia with his appointment of 21 new cardinals to be created on September 30.
In Victoria there appears to be a law for Victoria Police and another for people like the late George Pell.
As pope, Francis has been unpredictable and confusing but he’s had one fixed star – a dislike for conservatives.
A disgraced Catholic cardinal was “detached” when told of allegations that money was sent to Australia to pursue the late George Pell over sexual abuse claims, a Vatican tribunal heard.
George Pell’s alma mater St Patrick’s College is strongly resisting moves by his supporters to restore the Cardinal’s name on its Ballarat campus, splitting the school community.
The Pell legacy will live with the church and our secular institutions for decades to come.
An associate professor warns public debate is being stifled after he was attacked online and cast aside from a victim support service following a social media post about George Pell.
The synod process heavily criticised by George Pell could hold the key to preventing a recurrence of ‘shocking’ historical sexual abuse, says Vatican’s most senior woman.
George Pell was an old-style churchman who never shrank from a fight. But by the time of his death, he was no longer a team player.
Like many men of the cloth, George Pell often seemed to lack a permanent home. He loved Sydney, came from Ballarat and worked in Rome. Friday was Melbourne’s turn to say farewell.
All people of faith, Catholic and non-Catholic, deserved better.
George Pell’s brother has accused a Catholic leader of ordering the late cardinal to back disgraced pedophile Gerard Ridsdale.
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