Posted on 01/10/2023 6:01:45 PM PST by marshmallow
Australian prelate suffered complications from hip replacement
As reported by The Australian, Cdl. Pell died in a Vatican hospital on Tuesday of cardiac arrest shortly after having a hip replacement.
Catholics and others on social media are expressing sorrow at his passing.
Pell was born on June 8, 1941. He was an exceptional athlete as a young man. In 1959, he signed a contract to become a professional Australian rules football player, although he later decided to pursue a priestly vocation. He was ordained a priest forever in 1966. In the years that followed, he went on to earn a doctorate from the University of Oxford and a master's degree from Monash University in Melbourne.
Conservatism & Controversy
After serving nearly a decade as an auxiliary bishop, he became archbishop of Melbourne in 1996. Five years later, he was installed as archbishop of Sydney. He was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2003. In 2014, Pope Francis made Pell the prefect of the Secretariat of the Economy and charged him with cleaning up the Vatican's finances amid an onslaught of corruption.
Pell has been known for theological orthodoxy and "conservative" leanings — defending Church teaching and condemning moral evils.
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Hmm... any good conspiracies afoot yet?
Already posted
We lose another good one.
As Bergoglio said to (and about) Ted McCarrick, “The bad ones, they never die.”
“He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.”
Let Thy perpetual light shine upon him O Lord. Amen.
Vatican hospital... Yikes!
Amen
10 to 1 the jab.
If I were a betting man it take those odds in a heartbeat.
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