Milligan ‘ignores key facts on Pell’
One of the nation’s leading authorities on criminal law has accused ABC journalist Louise Milligan of repeatedly ignoring facts about the prosecution of the late Cardinal George Pell.
One of the nation’s leading authorities on criminal law has accused ABC journalist Louise Milligan of repeatedly ignoring facts about the prosecution of the late Cardinal George Pell.
Some of the biggest critics of the conservative cardinal in recent days have been ‘liberal Catholics’ – ageing hippies who still cling to an almost imaginary version of Vatican II.
A state funeral would provide George Pell the decency denied to him in life – due acknowledgment and recognition that he was unfairly imprisoned.
Cardinal George Pell’s foremost adversary Cardinal Angelo Becciu was seen at St Peter’s Basilica as Pope Francis offered a blessing to the 81-year-old prelate at his Requiem Mass.
Cardinal George Pell, who delivered a withering criticism of Pope Francis’s leadership, has been blessed during his funeral in the Vatican.
Isaac Newton famously said: ‘If I have seen further than others, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.’ The Catholic Church bids farewell to one of its giants.
George Pell was not only the most important Catholic leader Australia has ever produced, he was also one of the most important cardinals from an English-speaking background.
It became all but impossible for George Pell to get a fair trial due to media coverage of the royal commission into the institutional response to child sexual abuse.
The deep antipathy to the late cardinal went further back than the unjust sexual abuse charge and his subsequent imprisonment.
The Australian cardinal was one of the few in Rome able to reverse the decline of Catholicism. At the next conclave his absence will be felt, but so will his presence, especially through his writings.
George Pell secretly wrote to cardinals ridiculing Pope Francis’s tenure as a ‘disaster’, claiming the Vatican had lost millions through corruption.
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The Premier’s intolerance of those with traditional faith looms large.
The Catholic Synod of Bishops has produced one of the most incoherent documents ever sent out from Rome.
The decision by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews smacks of hypocrisy and failing to endorse the High Court decision.
George Pell’s arch rival within the Vatican, who has denied sending money to Australia to fund the charges against him, has prayed God will ‘forgive’ the late cardinal.
Daniel Andrews has been branded ‘an insult in search of a target’ for saying he cannot think of ‘anything more distressing’ for victims of church child sex abuse than granting George Pell a state funeral.
Pope Francis said George Pell followed the Lord without wavering ‘even in a time of trial’ in a telegram to the dean of the college of cardinals.
The epidemic of child sexual abuse by clerics highlighted not just the failures of one man but manifest historical failures, and wretched corruption within the criminal justice system.
Cardinal George Pell’s funeral will be held on Saturday at Saint Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, with Pope Francis presiding over the commendation and the valediction.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has issued his support for survivors of Catholic Church abuse in the wake of George Pell’s death.
Shortly before he died Cardinal Pell authored a hard-hitting article warning Pope Francis against the upcoming ‘Synod of Synodality’.
From Ballarat to Rome, via Melbourne and Sydney, he made his mark.
The cardinal’s private persona was a warm, funny and caring man. His public presentation could be more challenging.
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The passing of George Pell is a sad day for Catholics, Christians of various affiliations and the wider community.
George Pell’s task of ‘cleaning up’ the Catholic Church meant he had a target on his back from the moment he was appointed.
George Pell was always generous with his time, regularly calling mates going through various treatments and flying home for funerals of old acquaintances.
The man who fought to keep George Pell out of jail has remembered him as ‘man of faith’ whose intellect he greatly admired.
The Catholic world is mourning the loss of one of its most influential figures and catalysts for change. George Pell’s unexpected death leaves a gaping hole but his legacy will be lasting.
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