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.
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.
Survivors of church sexual abuse hung ribbons on the gates of St Mary’s before tomorrow’s funeral service,but security guards tried to remove them.
Critics within the church are lining up to sink the boot into the 86-year-old,who has brought a more socially progressive agenda than his recent forebears to the role.
A Pontifical Requiem Mass will be held at St Mary’s Cathedral at 11am on Thursday,February 2 for the late Cardinal George Pell.
How much of the past should remain in the past? Recent news stories about Prince Harry,NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet and Cardinal George Pell all seek to answer this question.
Cardinals,bishops and church officials from around the world gathered at the holy site just four days after the Australian died from complications following a routine surgery.
The memo said the political influence of Pope Francis and the Vatican was “negligible” and that papal writings demonstrate an intellectual decline.
The late cardinal’s values will remain a prominent feature of the Catholic Church in Australia,experts say.
I first met Pell on the football field in the early 1960s. He was a ruckman – a good footballer,but very rough – and I was the umpire. I awarded quite a few free kicks against him.
The ill-fated criminal prosecution and imprisonment of Cardinal George Pell obscures a more profound legacy.