Cardinal George Pell was given a funeral in St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday, with the pontiff imparting a final blessing for the once high-ranking Vatican prelate. 9News
, was given a funeral in St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday, with the pontiff imparting a final blessing for the once high-ranking Vatican prelate.
Earlier Pell's closed dark brown wooden coffin was placed on the floor in the church of St Stephen of the Abyssinians inside the Vatican walls, before it was moved inside St Peter's Basilica for the service.READ MORE:As the Vatican's finance minister for three years, Pell had been a key player in the early years of Francis' papacy, whose goals included reforming the Holy See's finances, which had a long history of scandals and poor management.
Pope Francis leaves after the funeral ceremony for Australian Cardinal George Pell in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday Jan. 14, 2023. The day after Pell died, Francis in a condolence telegram paid tribute to the cardinal, saying that while the prelate led the economy office, "he laid the bases with determination and wisdom" for reforms of the Holy See's finance system, which had been taken to task for years by international financial watchdog bodies.
German Archbishop Georg Gaenswein – like Pell a staunch advocate of the church hierarchy's more conservative faction and a longtime aide of Pope Benedict XVI – bitterly complained about how he was treated by Francis after Benedict retired in 2013 and Francis was elected as pontiff. As the Vatican's finance minister for three years, Pell had been a key player in the early years of Francis' papacy
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