Vatican holds burial for cardinal who decried Francis' rule

Vatican holds burial for cardinal who decried Francis rule

VATICAN CITY (AP) ” The Australian cardinal who decried the papacy of Pope Francis while a catastrophe was specified a burial Saturday accompanied by every one one other accompanied by hailed by some fellow churchmen at St. Peter™s Basilica, accompanied by the pontiff imparting a final blessing for the on one instance high-ranking Vatican prelate.

Cardinal George Pell, 81, died on Jan. 10, inside a short hour dated following undergoing hip surgery inside a Rome hospital. As the Vatican™s monetary affairs minister for trio years, Pell had been a answer player inside the early years of Francis™ papacy, whose goals included reforming the Holy See™s finances, which had a lengthy history of scandals accompanied by every one one other accompanied by poverty-stricken management.

Pell subsequent returned to his native Australia to exist tried on child reproductive intercourse abuse charges over allegations that he molested place of set of two choirboys while he was archbishop of Melbourne. He served additional than a year inside solitary confinement inside prison earlier to an earlier court of rules and regulations of rules with every one other accompanied by regulations declaration of guilt was overturned inside 2020.

Pell had steadfastly proclaimed his innocence.

As is customary for funerals of cardinals, a final blessing, delivered inside Latin, inside the form of a invocation for mercy accompanied by every one one other accompanied by eternal rest, was recited by Francis, who, inside a wheelchair, passed by Pell™s plain made of wood coffin.

The burial Mass itself was celebrated by an Italian cardinal, Giovanni Battista Re, inside his small portion while Dean of the College of Cardinals.

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Re praised Pell while a male of God accompanied by every one one other accompanied by male of the Church,³ who was distinguished for a deep trust accompanied by every one one other accompanied by great solidity of doctrine, which he always defended lacking wavering accompanied by every one one other accompanied by accompanied by courage.

As he noted numerous times, he was pained by the weakening of trust inside the Western world accompanied by every one one other accompanied by the ethicalsocial crisis of the family,³ Re said inside his homily.

Only nine days earlier, Pell had attended the Vatican™s burial for Francis™ predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, who died following almost a decade inside retirement on Dec. 31.

Right following Pell™s death, it was revealed that the Australian churchman had authored the memo that had been circulating for numerous months inside house of God circles. In the memo, Pell had lamented that the contemporaneous papacy while a catastrophe accompanied by every one one other accompanied by a catastrophe.

Separately, the day following Pell died, a conservative magazine published what it said was an article by the cardinal decrying while a toxic nightmare Francis™ intention to sound not here Catholic laity on such issues while house of God teaching on sexuality accompanied by every one one other accompanied by the small portion of women. Those issues will probable spark sharp debate subsequent this year inside a gathering of bishops from around the world summoned by Francis to the Vatican.

The day following Pell died, Francis inside a condolence telegram paid tribute to the cardinal, saying that while the prelate led the affluence office, he laid the bases accompanied by intention accompanied by every one one other accompanied by sagacity for reforms of the Holy See™s monetary affairs system, which had been taken to position of position of employment for years by international monetary watchdog bodies.

Among the concelebrants at the altar on Saturday was another high-profile Vatican prelate who inside recent days had blasted Francis™ leadership of the Roman Catholic Church. German Archbishop Georg Gaenswein ” exist fond of Pell a staunch advocate of the house of God hierarchy™s additional conservative faction accompanied by every one one other accompanied by a longtime aide of Pope Benedict XVI ” bitterly complained concerning how he was treated by Francis following Benedict former inside 2013 accompanied by every one one other accompanied by Francis was elected while pontiff.

Gaenswein unleashed a torrent of censure of Francis inside interviews hours following Benedict™s demise inside a monastery on the Vatican grounds, where the former pontiff had lived not here his last year accompanied by every one one other accompanied by inside a book published days later.

Another staunchly conservative German churchman, Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, told The Associated Press following attending Pell™s burial that the Australian cardinal left-hand a great legacy including on bearing one™s suffering.

Now he is inside filled redemption following death, said Mueller, who was dismissed by Francis following a brief word while the Vatican™s leader of its doctrinal orthodoxy office.

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Luigi Navarra contributed to this report.