When Pope Benedict XVI retired in 2013, the church had no rules for what a retired pope's role would be or even what he would be called. Now that Benedict is dead, the church needs to set those protocols.
Legal affairs expert Chris Merritt has declared George Pell died an “innocent man” as he slammed the “lynch mob” who he said pushed a guilty narrative throughout the Cardinal’s trial on historical child sexual abuse charges.
Cardinal George Pell, the former head of finances for the Vatican who later served more than a year in an Australian prison on sex abuse charges that were later quashed, died Tuesday night in a Rome hospital, the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney confirmed.
The news of the death of George Pell sends shock waves through the Vatican, as many struggle to come to grips with the loss of a man they saw out and about just days ago.
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