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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Antoun Issa

Afternoon Update: Ballarat mass for Pell urges forgiveness; Perrottet’s Nazi outfit; and Jennifer Coolidge’s career renaissance

Ribbons adorn the fence at Ballarat's St Patrick's Cathedral where a mass was held this morning for Cardinal George Pell.
Ribbons adorn the fence at Ballarat's St Patrick's Cathedral where a mass was held this morning for Cardinal George Pell. Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

There will be no state funeral for Cardinal George Pell in either Victoria or New South Wales. The Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, said he “couldn’t think of anything that would be more distressing for victim-survivors than that”.

There was much anguish and torment in Pell’s home town of Ballarat where a mass was held at the local Catholic cathedral urging forgiveness.

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