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Paul Collits Quadrant Online 16th January 2023 This week past there has been pretty much only one story in the news. It is, of course, the passing of George Cardinal Pell, Australia’s globally known and mostly respected titan of the Rome Church. Perhaps appropriately, he died in the Eternal City, (I suspect) his favourite place.Continue reading “They Don’t Get the ABC in Heaven”

Flat White Beverley McArthur Pexels Beverley McArthur 16 January 2023 7:00 AM News that ‘Christmas and Easter will not be celebrated in some childcare centres under new inclusion guidelines’ is, quite extraordinary. While the silly season is all but done, the decision by the Community Child Care Association is in full swing and would beContinue reading “Anything but Christianity! (Or mum and dad)”

Daryl McCann Frequent contributor Keith Windschuttle’s book The Persecution of George Pell examines the forces that conspired to bring down George Pell—the journalists, bureaucrats, social-media warriors, politicians and jurists. They pursued their quarry with every means available to them. And for a time, at least, it seemed they had won. Nothing less than the “reputationContinue reading “Our Greatest Miscarriage of Justice”

77 Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. 13 Jan 2023236 3:34 ROME — Australian Cardinal George Pell continues to plague Pope Francis from beyond the grave as a veteran Vatican journalist revealed this week that the late cardinal was the author of a scathing rebuke to Francis released last March. Commentators of every school agree that “thisContinue reading “Cardinal George Pell: All Agree the Pontificate of Francis Is a ‘Catastrophe’”

“Pell’s final words expressed his righteous indignation at the theological direction of Pope Francis’s pontificate, hinting that it is betraying Christ himself.” By Augusto ZimmermannJanuary 12, 2023 Cardinal George Pell, Australia’s most senior Catholic leader, died in Vatican City this Tuesday evening aged 81. He will be buried in St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney, whereContinue reading “Cardinal George Pell: A Victim of Australia’s Anti-Christian Bigotry”

Jan 12 Posted by Editor, cairnsnews Letter to the Editor What a complete evil left-wing extremist (Communist, Nazi, Marxist) war-criminal scum f—wit Daniel Andrews is,….announcing that a State funeral for George Pell would be offensive to victims of paedophilia! Dictator Dan, and all the other corrupt left-wing extremists (Including 90% of politicians, journalists, police, andContinue reading “Dangerous Dan is smarter than the High Court, or so he thinks”

Flat White James Parker Getty Images James Parker 12 January 2023 1:46 PM Cardinal George Pell has died suddenly, days after commenting publicly at the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Less than four months ago, I sat directly alongside Cardinal Pell at his dining table in Rome. We laughed, philosophised, and prayed – andContinue reading “Thank you, Cardinal George Pell”

Augusto Zimmermann January 12, 2023Updated: January 12, 2023 Print 0:006:20 Commentary Cardinal George Pell, Australia’s most senior Catholic leader, died in Vatican City on Jan. 10, aged 81. He will be buried in St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney, where he served as archbishop for 13 years. Pell was born in Ballarat, Victoria, in 1941, theContinue reading “Cardinal George Pell: Victim of Miscarriage of Justice in Australia”

Cardinal George Pell Pope Francis (centre) greets cardinal George Pell (left) in 2016 (Credit: Getty images) Cardinal George Pell 11 January 2023 11:43 PM Shortly before he died on Tuesday, Cardinal George Pell wrote the following article for The Spectator in which he denounced the Vatican’s plans for its forthcoming ‘Synod on Synodality’ as a ‘toxic nightmare’.Continue reading “The Catholic Church must free itself from this ‘toxic nightmare’”

Leading article Australia The Spectator Australia Getty Images The Spectator Australia 14 January 2023 9:00 AM At six feet, four inches, Cardinal George Pell was a man who towered above his peers, literally as well as metaphorically. A gifted scholar and a first-class athlete, he was a fearless defender of the Catholic Church, who livedContinue reading “Tall poppy”

Flat White Rocco Loiacono Getty Images Rocco Loiacono 12 January 2023 6:00 AM Archbishop Timothy Costelloe is the Catholic Archbishop of Perth. He is also President of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference. On the morning of January 11, following the death of Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop Costelloe gave an interview to Gary Adshead on PerthContinue reading “Were Archbishop Costelloe’s comments on Cardinal Pell unjust?”

Flat White Peter Dutton Getty Images Peter Dutton 11 January 2023 6:48 PM Australia received the news this morning of the passing of Cardinal George Pell DD AC. The son of a Ballarat publican, the Oxford-educated George Pell was a man of immense erudition and faith. Our nation has lost an important intellectual figure andContinue reading “Peter Dutton: statement on the passing of Cardinal George Pell”

Flat White Kevin Donnelly Getty Images Kevin Donnelly 11 January 2023 12:36 PM There’s no doubt Cardinal George Pell is one of Australia’s most influential and controversial Catholic figures. While some will see his death in Rome due to complications after surgery as not a bad thing there are many more who will mourn theContinue reading “Cardinal George Pell: Australia’s most influential and controversial Catholic figure”