George Pell
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.
- by John Silvester
Latest
‘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.
- by 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.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Malcolm Turnbull, Tanya Plibersek campaign together for Yes vote
The former political foes will be handing out Yes material in Sydney’s eastern suburbs on Wednesday.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Sherryn Groch
The Scoop
AFL 2023
She was about to cross-examine George Pell. But her love of footy had come calling
She has worked on a royal commission, and now she wrangles the AFL’s football bosses. Is Laura Kane the next Andrew Dillon?
- by Sam McClure
As Pell the man is laid to rest, Pell the martyr rises
Culture warrior Tony Abbott said the faithful should pray to the late George Pell – a victim of “modern-day crucifixion” – as they do other saints.
- by Jordan Baker
Updated
Catholic church
Protesters clash with Catholic faithful outside Cardinal George Pell’s funeral
Protesters clashed with Catholic faithful before the funeral of Cardinal George Pell at St Mary’s Cathedral, where thousands gathered to farewell the divisive figure.
- by Megan Gorrey, Anthony Segaert and Jordan Baker
‘Not a priest for the survivors’: Melbourne families grapple with Pell’s legacy
Hundreds of kilometres away from St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney, where Cardinal George Pell was farewelled, family members and supporters of child abuse survivors called for justice.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
Pell a saint for our times, Abbott says
Former prime minister Tony Abbott launched an extraordinary defence of Cardinal George Pell, arguing the controversial leader was a hero who was made a scapegoat for the Catholic Church.
Protesters clash with Catholic faithful outside Cardinal Pell’s funeral
Protesters from the Community Action for Rainbow Rights and Catholic supporters clashed over the erection of two signs near St Mary’s ahead of George Pell’s funeral.
Opinion
Opinion
As George Pell departs, every ribbon tells a story the church tried to silence
On a whim a few weeks ago, I posted some Google Earth photos of the front fence of St Mary’s Cathedral on Twitter, and suggested that we cover them with ribbons.
- by Simon Hunt
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