place in the vatican for cardinal george pell, who died of heart failure after hip surgery this week, at the age of 81. cardinal pell was jailed in his native australia on child abuse charges in 2019. the convictions were quashed the following year. preparations for his funeral were overshadowed by the revelation that he was the author of a previously anonymous memo that described the leadership of pope francis as a catastrophe. to rome now, where we can speak to 9 news australia s europe correspondent brett mcleod. pope francis none given the funeral blessing at cardinal pell s funeral service. and at the and advocacy group for victims of church victims of abuse, called for restraint in the funeral arrangements, which was your assessment of the service? in many ways, it was just the standard service for a cardinal, as was
born in germany, he became pope in 2005, before stepping down in 2013 after nearly eight years citing a lack of strength of mind and body due to his age. benedict xvi is now 95, and his health has been deteriorating. michael kelly, managing editor of the irish catholic newspaper, spoke to me about today s development. pope francis was with his regular wednesday audience with the pilgrims who come to rome every wednesday to receive his blessing, and he just mentioned at the end and this really started a lot of activity among the journalists who tried to find out what exactly is going on. so, we did find out a little bit later directly from the vatican press office that they are concerned that pope benedict s condition did decline in the early hours of the morning. they say it s steady and it s been monitored by doctors, but undoubtedly, there is concern about this his health has been in decline. we have seen him greeting people in december.
benedict xvi is now 95, and his health has been deteriorating. michael kelly is managing editor of the irish catholic newspaper he spoke to me about today s development. pope francis was with his regular wednesday audience with the pilgrims who come to rome every wednesday to receive his blessing, and he just mentioned it at the end and this really started a lot of activity among the journalists who tried to find out what exactly is going on. so, we did find out a little bit later directly from the vatican press office that they are concerned that pope benedict s condition did decline in the early hours of the morning. they say it s steady and it s been monitored by doctors, but undoubtedly, there is concern about this his health has been in decline. we have seen him greeting people in december. he had recipients of a prize visit him in december. but they did say he was very weak, that his voice was almost inaudible, so there would be serious concern
pope francis has asked roman catholics, to pray for his predecessor, pope benedict, who he said was very ill. francis made the surprise appeal, at the end of his general audience at the vatican. the vatican has confirmed, that pope francis visited his ailing predecessor on wednesday morning right after the general audience. born in germany, he became pope in 2005 before stepping down in 2013 after nearly eight years citing a lack of strength of mind and body due to his age. benedict the 16th is now 95, and his health has been deteriorating. michael kelly, managing editor of the irish catholic newspaper, spoke to me about today s development. pope francis was with his regular wednesday audience with the pilgrims who come to rome every wednesday to receive his blessing, and he just mentioned it at the end and this really started a lot of activity among the journalists who tried to find out what exactly is going on. so, we did find out a little bit
bronze. and on the water emma wiggs won her second gold in two days, while laura sugar, closest to the camera, added european to her paralympic and world titles. there was a silver too for charlotte henshaw and three bronzes for the british team. and from munich to rome where great britain topped the diving medal table at the european aquatics championship. success in the last two events gave team gb a total of six golds from the 13 diving finals. jack laugher and anthony harding got first in the men s synchronised three metre springboard event that s laugher s second gold of the games while noah williams and ben cutmore took silver and bronze in the men s 10m platform. it was a day of drama, comebacks and plenty of goals in the premier league yesterday, most notably at st james park as manchester city rescued a point against newcastle. city scored first but it was the home side who looked the most comfortable. kieran trippier s free kick