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Cardinal George Pell is pictured in a screen grab during an interview that aired April 14 on Sky News Australia. (CNS screen grab)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Why is Australia’s Cardinal Pell returning to Rome?
Gerard O’Connell
Some media have suggested that Francis had asked Cardinal Pell to return to Rome, but there is no evidence for this assertion.
Politics & SocietyNews
Vatican proposes renewal of agreement with China on bishops’ appointments
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
The Vatican has proposed to the Chinese government that they extend an agreement signed in 2018 regarding the appointment of bishops, Vatican Media reported.
In this Feb. 27, 2019, file photo, Cardinal George Pell arrives at the County Court in Melbourne, Australia. Pell, Pope Francis' former finance minister, will soon return to the Vatican during an extraordinary economic scandal for the first time since he was cleared of child abuse allegations in Australia five months ago, a newspaper has reported, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill, File)
FaithNews
Report: Cardinal Pell is returning to Rome
Rod McGuirk - Associated Press
Pell's return follows Francis last week firing one of the cardinal's most powerful opponents, Cardinal Angelo Becciu, over a financial scandal.
Cardinal Angelo Becciu speaks with journalists during a media conference in Rome Sept. 25, 2020. The cardinal told journalists he was asked by Pope Francis Sept. 24 to resign as prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes and renounce the rights associated with being a cardinal due to an embezzlement investigation involving Vatican funds and a charitable organization run by his brother. (CNS photo/Junno Arocho Esteves)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Cardinal Becciu denies wrongdoing, says Pope Francis asking for his resignation was ‘surreal’
Gerard O’Connell
Cardinal Becciu held a press conference in what was clearly just the beginning of his battle to prove his innocence.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Powerful Vatican Cardinal Becciu resigns amid financial scandal
Gerard O’Connell
The powerful head of the Vatican's saint-making office, Cardinal Angelo Becciu, resigned Thursday from the post and renounced his rights as a cardinal amid a financial scandal that has reportedly implicated him indirectly.
Cardinal Luis Ladaria, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and Father Tony Flannery (CNS photo/Paul Haring/CNS photo/Irish Catholic)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Suspended Irish priest Tony Flannery calls Vatican inquiry ‘unjust’
Gerard O’Connell
The C.D.F. said today: ‘We did everything possible to dialogue with Father Flannery. It wasn’t always easy.’
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