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In his homily at Cardinal Pell's funeral Mass Jan. 14 in St. Peter's Basilica, Cardinal Re described the Australian prelate as often being "a strong-willed
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.
The death of Australian Cardinal George Pell was a shock because just five days earlier he had concelebrated the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI and "seemed in good health," said Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals.
ROME (CNS) -- 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. But in interviews he always was respectful of Pope Francis and argued repeatedly over the past 10 years that Catholics should not be attacking each other in the media, but calmly discussing their differences with each other. However, the Italian
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The death of Australian Cardinal George Pell was a shock because just five days earlier he had concelebrated the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI and 'seemed in good health,' said Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals. In his homily at Cardinal Pell's funeral Mass Jan. 14 in St. Peter's Basilica, Cardinal Re described the Australian prelate as often being 'a strong-willed and decisive protagonist' with 'a strong temperament that, at times, could appea