Mourners call Australian Cardinal Pell victim of injustice
Sydney, Australia AP Mourners at the Sydney funeral for Australian Cardinal George Pell, who was once the most senior Catholic convicted of sex abuse, remembered him Thursday as a victim of campaign to punish him regardless of his guilt. Meanwhile, a few hundred protesters yelled slogans from the street denouncing Pell, a staunch conservative who […]
Updated: Australian Cardinal George Pell, acquitted of child sexual assault, dead at 81
Last updated: 8:15am, 12th January, 2023 (AEST)Rome, ItalyReuters Australian Cardinal George Pell, a leading Roman Catholic conservative and former top Vatican official who in 2020 was acquitted of sexual abuse allegations, died on Tuesday at the age of 81, his private secretary said. Fr Joseph Hamilton told Reuters that Pell died in a Rome hospital […]
Rudd and Abbott address Christians across the nation
Tens of thousands of Christians gathered in churches across Australia this week to watch Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott talk about their Christian faith and to address issues ranging from asylum seekers to climate change, marriage, school chaplains and the sexualisation of children. The event at Old Parliament House in Canberra, […]
ESSAY: LEADERS’ QUESTION TIME REVEALS STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
A former Federal Greens candidate, JIM REIHER was among the tens of thousands who watched the live event. He gives his view on how he thought the two leaders performed…