Agree.
from my notes:
"Quiet but controversial
"The cardinal has an impressive biography. He gave up a chance to play professional Australian Rules Football to study for the priesthood.
"A lumbering man with a shy but forceful demeanor, he earned a doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University and had many pastoral assignments in his homeland before being named a bishop in 1987.
"Pell became and archbishop in 1996 and was elevated to cardinal a year ago.
"He is a source of controversy as well. He has refused in Australia to give communion to militant homosexuals.
"He also has been outspoken on pre-marital sex, abortion and contraception, as well as subjects such as euthanasia and illegal drug use.
"His biggest concern, he says, is how "secularism is biting into Catholic practices. The traditional agencies of family, parish and school are not as effective as they once were."
Also:
Democracy must change to counter Islam
Nov 17, 2004
Islam could be the communism of the 21st century if the West does not reform its secular democracy, Australia's leading Catholic has said in a speech in the United States.