Opinion Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:51:52 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Francis pontificate ‘a catastrophe,’ synod ‘toxic nightmare,’ Pell wrote /home/international/item/35145-texts-attributed-to-cardinal-pell-criticize-pope-francis-synod-process /home/international/item/35145-texts-attributed-to-cardinal-pell-criticize-pope-francis-synod-process

Australian Cardinal George Pell, who died in Rome Jan. 10, never made a secret of his staunch adherence to established Catholic moral teaching and his concern about fellow cardinals and bishops he saw as willing to abandon that teaching.

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cns@catholicnews.com (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service) International Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:33:12 -0500
Australian Cardinal Pell dies at 81 /home/international/item/35141-australian-cardinal-pell-dies-at-81 /home/international/item/35141-australian-cardinal-pell-dies-at-81

Australian Cardinal George Pell, former prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy and archbishop of Sydney and of Melbourne, died Jan. 10 in Rome. He was 81. 

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International Wed, 11 Jan 2023 08:42:07 -0500
Cardinal Pell: Vatican financial reform making progress /faith/item/32608-cardinal-pell-vatican-financial-reform-making-progress /faith/item/32608-cardinal-pell-vatican-financial-reform-making-progress

ROME -- While questions remain about dubious financial dealings in the past and about future uncertainties due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vatican's steady move toward financial transparency is on the right track, said Cardinal George Pell, former prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy.

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Vatican Fri, 15 Jan 2021 09:43:25 -0500
Cardinal Pell's book shares spiritual insights from prison /home/international/item/32522-cardinal-pell-s-book-shares-spiritual-insights-from-prison /home/international/item/32522-cardinal-pell-s-book-shares-spiritual-insights-from-prison

ROME -- The first evening Australian Cardinal George Pell was incarcerated, he began writing a record of his thoughts and experiences in the form of a diary.

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International Fri, 18 Dec 2020 14:27:10 -0500
Becciu denies interfering in Pell trial /faith/item/32245-becciu-denies-interfering-in-pell-trial /faith/item/32245-becciu-denies-interfering-in-pell-trial

ROME -- Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu denied having interfered in any way with the trial of Cardinal George Pell after Italian media reported an allegation that Becciu might have wired money to Australia as a bribe during PellöÏÓãÊÓƵapp trial.

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cna-ewtn@catholicregister.org (CNA/EWTN News) Vatican Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:28:41 -0400
Cardinal Pell tells U.S. Catholics: 'We rely on you' /home/international/item/31984-cardinal-pell-tells-u-s-catholics-we-rely-on-you /home/international/item/31984-cardinal-pell-tells-u-s-catholics-we-rely-on-you

SYDNEY -- In an exclusive interview prerecorded and aired at a U.S. conference, Cardinal George Pell reminded his audience how important the church in the U.S. is for world Catholicism and Western civilization.

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International Tue, 18 Aug 2020 08:51:24 -0400
Cardinal Pell on prison experience: "I knew the Lord was with me" /home/international/item/31870-cardinal-pell-on-prison-experience-i-knew-the-lord-was-with-me /home/international/item/31870-cardinal-pell-on-prison-experience-i-knew-the-lord-was-with-me

Australian Cardinal George Pell, 79, a former senior adviser to Pope Francis, has broken his silence two months after the country's High Court overturned his conviction for sexual abuse of two teens.

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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:42:26 -0400
Ignatius Press to publish Cardinal Pell's prison journal /home/international/item/31808-ignatius-press-to-publish-cardinal-pell-s-prison-journal /home/international/item/31808-ignatius-press-to-publish-cardinal-pell-s-prison-journal

ROME -- Ignatius Press will be publishing Australian Cardinal George Pell's prison journal and it is also appealing for donations it will give the cardinal for outstanding legal expenses incurred in defending himself against allegations of the sexual abuse of minors.

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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Fri, 26 Jun 2020 10:24:17 -0400
Australian commission publishes redacted report sections on Cardinal Pell /home/international/item/31581-australian-commission-publishes-redacted-report-sections-on-cardinal-pell /home/international/item/31581-australian-commission-publishes-redacted-report-sections-on-cardinal-pell

VALLA BEACH, Australia -- The Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse published redacted sections of its 2017 report, and new findings said it did not believe some of the testimony given to it by Cardinal George Pell.

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International Fri, 08 May 2020 13:58:50 -0400
In interview, Pell discusses maintaining hope while in prison /home/international/item/31438-in-interview-pell-discusses-maintaining-hope-while-in-prison /home/international/item/31438-in-interview-pell-discusses-maintaining-hope-while-in-prison

SYDNEY -- Cardinal George Pell, whose conviction on five counts of sexual abuse was overturned by Australia's highest court, said in in his first television interview his knowledge that he was innocent and the prayers of thousands of people helped him during his 405 days in prison.

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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:16:54 -0400