Cardinal Pell testified about an “extraordinary world of crimes and cover-ups,” where many wanted to keep the status quo.
Gerard O’Connell
Gerard O’Connell is America’s senior Vatican correspondent and author of The Election of Pope Francis: An Inside Story of the Conclave That Changed History. He has been covering the Vatican since 1985.
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Pell says he did not have timely knowledge of the crimes of most notorious pedophile priest in Australia.
As a young priest in the early 1970s, Pell lived in a presbytery with Australia’s most notorious pedophile priest.
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Cardinal Pell admits that church made ‘enormous mistakes’ in dealing with abuse cases
Cardinal Pell began a multi-day testimony to Australia’s Royal Commission on the Institutional Response to the sexual abuse of children.
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Pope Francis responds to children’s questions in new book
“Dear Pope Francis, My mum is in heaven. Will she grow angel wings?”
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What Will Francis Say?
Francis could open doors in his Exhortation on the Family.
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Pope wraps up Mexico trip with wide-ranging press conference
On flight, Francis discusses John Paul II’ close relationship with a woman, Zika and abortion
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Pope responding to questions on Trump: ‘A person who only thinks of building walls, and not building bridges, is not Christian.’
‘A person who only thinks of building walls, and not building bridges, is not Christian….We must see if he said things in that way and in this I give the benefit of the doubt.’
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Pope Francis in Juarez: ‘There is still time to change.’
Pope delivers a powerful call to conversion at Mass near the Mexican-U.S. border.
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Pope Francis tells young people: ‘You are the wealth of Mexico.’
‘Jesus is your hope, and he would never ask us to be assassins.’
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Pope to clergy and religious in Mexico: don’t give in to ‘the temptation of resignation.’
To overcome this temptation, Francis said they must pray, and pray as Jesus taught them.