Francis criticised the lack of co-operation between countries during the pandemic,as well as the treatment of older people.
The 79-year-old Pell arrived at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport on a flight from Sydney wearing a blue surgical mask.
The financial problems date from 2014 when the Vatican invested in a luxury building in London’s Chelsea neighbourhood.
A priest due to testify against an Archbishop told his neighbour that he was under mounting pressure in the lead-up to the trial,with one clergyman expressing his desire for a"loaded rifle".
China often suspects religious groups and worshippers of undermining the control of the Communist Party and the state.
The Vatican has issued a long-awaited manual for bishops and religious superiors on conducting in-house investigations into allegations of priests who rape and molest minors and vulnerable adults.
Describing the Easter prayer as a"message of hope",the Pope urged Christians to be"messengers of life in a time of death".
The Vatican says it welcomes the acquittal of Cardinal Pell by an Australian court on child abuse charges,saying he"waited for the truth to be ascertained. Earlier Pope Francis used his morning mass to speak up for those suffering"unjust sentences".
George Pell has begun the next stage of his life at a Kew monastery after being acquitted by the High Court on sex abuse charges.
Pope Francis marked a surreal Palm Sunday in an empty St. Peter’s Basilica,urging people not to be so concerned with what they lack but how they can ease the suffering of others.
George Pell will learn his fate on Tuesday morning when the High Court rules on his appeal against child-sex convictions.