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George Pell, the Blundstone Borgia, was merely ruthless. It was the church that descended into evil

The Catholic Church’s disdain of sex meant it has never fully acknowledged just how thoroughly its priests destroyed people’s lives. Yet progressives gave Pell one final victory.

Crikey

George Pell leaves a diminished church, to successors hardly better

That Pell has come to symbolise this fundamental betrayal of the church's mission is a measure of the success of his bruising style.

The Canberra Times

George Pell saw climate science as a dangerous religious dogma – in the end his hardline stance held the church back

Cardinal’s scepticism provided cover for the likes of Tony Abbott, who were able to justify denialism by invoking religious beliefs

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How might the latest George Pell coverage affect child sexual abuse survivors?

You might have wondered if the recent death of George Pell, who was jailed in 2019 for child sexual abuse and then later acquitted, would bring a sense of relief or closure for victim survivors of Catholic clergy sexual abuse.

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Pell clashed with Pope on Church reforms

Cardinal George Pell will be honoured in a service delivered by Pope Francis this weekend, despite the pair's very different approaches to modern Catholicism.

AAP

Pell wrote secret memo calling Francis' papacy 'catastrophe' - journalist

The late conservative Australian Cardinal George Pell was the author of an anonymous memo condemning Pope Francis' papacy as a "catastrophe" where political correctness held sway while global wrongs were ignored, says the journalist who published it.

Reuters

'Catastrophe': Cardinal Pell's secret memo blasts Francis

Pope Francis will deliver a final send-off for Cardinal George Pell during a funeral Mass on Saturday

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Afternoon Update: Ballarat mass for Pell urges forgiveness; Perrottet’s Nazi outfit; and Jennifer Coolidge’s career renaissance

Daniel Andrews says he ‘couldn’t think of anything that would be more distressing for victim-survivors’ than a Pell state funeral

The Guardian - AU

George Pell’s death symbolises the demise of a church out of touch and out of time

Pell was an ideological warrior that resisted the changes of liberal society and its tolerance for diversity and individualism

The Guardian - AU

George Pell denied public memorial in home Australian state

Sydney (AFP) - An Australian state leader on Thursday emphatically ruled out a taxpayer-funded memorial for Cardinal George Pell, saying it would be "deeply distressing" for sexual abuse survivors.

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George Pell: Ballarat mass urges support for abuse victims – and forgiveness for the church

Of the small number gathered at St Patrick’s Cathedral some did not want to forgive while others remembered cardinal’s ‘legacy’

The Guardian - AU

Dan Andrews Confirms George Pell Will Get A State Funeral… IN HELL! LOL SEE YA DICKHEAD

The death of George Pell is a great nationwide tragedy. Mostly because he should've died sooner.

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George Pell's supporters and detractors attend memorial service for the Cardinal in his home town of Ballarat

The regular Thursday mass at St Patrick's Cathedral in Ballarat took on a more sombre tone at a service a day after Cardinal George Pell's death in Rome.

ABC News

The late cardinal George Pell in his own words

Pell was said to speak the ‘truth as he found it, however difficult or unpopular’. Here are just some of his controversial pronouncements.

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Daniel Andrews ‘couldn’t think of anything more distressing’ for victims than a state funeral for George Pell

Victorian premier says those abused ‘at the hands of the Catholic church’ are foremost in his thoughts

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For George Pell, the church was nothing if not a bastion of conservatism

Even in his final years, Pell was reiterating his combative philosophy: there was no benefit to seeking compromise with critics.

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There are enough facts to judge George Pell on what he was — and what he was not

We should respect the High Court’s decision to acquit the dead cardinal on appeal. But that doesn’t mean we need to respect the man himself.

Newcastle Herald

Reflections on the life and times of Cardinal George Pell

Pell mourned by many, but not by all

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Morning Mail: Pope Francis praises Pell’s ‘wisdom’, Albanese’s PNG mission, battle of the sun kings

In today’s newsletter: cathedral in Ballarat to hold mass for late cardinal, PM aims for new security deal in Port Moresby and billionaires fall out over solar farm

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Cardinal George Pell remembered as a powerful man with influence inside the Vatican

The news of the death of George Pell sends shock waves through the Vatican, as many struggle to come to grips with the loss of a man they saw out and about just days ago.

The Guardian - AU

George Pell’s death could renew distress for Ballarat’s child abuse survivors

‘Sense of quiet’ in town which has the unfortunate distinction of being a hotspot of historic sexual abuse by Catholic clergy

The Guardian - AU

George Pell: what the five-year royal commission into child sexual abuse found

Un-redacted report released in 2020 revealed how archbishop failed to take proper steps to act on complaints about dangerous priests

Reuters

Pope praises Pell for persevering in times of personal trials

Pope Francis on Wednesday praised the late Australian Cardinal George Pell for persevering in trying times, a reference to when he spent more than a year in prison on child sexual abuse accusations before he was fully acquitted.

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Anger mounts among child abuse advocates as George Pell cast as a ‘saint’

In death, as it has been for much of his life, it’s clear former Catholic power player George Pell will be trailed by a cloud of scandal.

Evening Standard

Controversial Catholic cleric George Pell dies aged 81

The cardinal, whose child sex abuse convictions were overturned, passed away on Tuesday in Rome

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