Claims have emerged that Cardinal George Pell’s body was mishandled after his death, with a broken nose and improper dressing when repatriated to Australia from Rome. Cardinal Pell, aged 81, died in January 2023 in Rome after a cardiac arrest following a routine hip replacement operation. His funeral was held four days later at St Read more
A former Vatican auditor-general described Cardinal George Pell’s death as “shrouded in mystery” and revealed that he had vowed to “get to the truth” for his colleague. The Vatican’s first auditor-general, Libero Milone, said “At his funeral, at his casket, I promised him that we would seek out the truth”. Milone added that Pell’s success Read more
The Catholic Church in Australia has known few more extraordinary figures than George Pell. A product and priest of the rural diocese of Ballarat, he rose to be not only Archbishop of Melbourne but, extraordinarily, Archbishop of Sydney as well. It was unthinkable then that the Archbishop of Melbourne would be moved to Sydney. As Read more