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Morning Mail: Australian among dead in Himalayan plane crash, insulation call for hot rentals, Australian Open begins

An Australian is among at least 68 people who died in Nepal’s deadliest plane crash in decades.

The Guardian - AU

Church v state: Daniel Andrews’ candid comments after George Pell’s death reflect a long-held stance

Victorian MPs are adamant the premier’s views are based on principle, not political instincts

The Guardian - AU

A school principal gave up everything to blow the whistle on a paedophile priest. George Pell hung up on him

Graeme Sleeman resigned in disgust after complaining about Father Peter Searson in the 1980s and suspects he was then blacklisted

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The fancy-dress premier, the careless president and the warring billionaires

Reputations on the line in a week of 'pairs'

Newcastle Herald

Cardinal George Pell’s funeral takes place at Vatican

Pope gives final blessing at service for Australia’s most senior Catholic, who was found guilty then acquitted of child abuse

The Guardian - UK

Pell's secret memo casts shadow at cardinal's funeral

Pope Francis gave a funeral blessing to Cardinal George Pell on Saturday as revelations that he wrote an anonymous memo branding the current papacy a "catastrophe" hung in the air along with the incense.

Reuters

Funeral held for controversial Australian cardinal Pell

Vatican City (AFP) - Several dozen people including bishops, cardinals and archbishops turned out for the funeral of the controversial Cardinal George Pell in the Vatican on Saturday.

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Vatican holds funeral for cardinal who decried Francis' rule

The Australian cardinal who decried the papacy of Pope Francis as a “catastrophe” is receiving tributes, including from the pontiff himself, at his funeral in St. Peter's Basilica

The Independent UK

Funeral for Cardinal George Pell held at the Vatican with Pope Francis giving final blessing

The funeral of Cardinal George Pell is held at St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, a day after it was revealed the former Archbishop of Melbourne decried Pope Francis' rule.

ABC News

George Pell lying in state in Vatican’s St Stephen of the Abyssinians church

Around 20 people were seen kneeling in prayer in the church – typically used for baptisms and weddings – prior to funeral for Australia’s most senior Catholic

The Guardian - AU

Cardinal George Pell will be remembered as a reformer with 'a big heart' by some but reviled by many others

While many with the Catholic Church remember him as compassionate, he's reviled by many others inside and outside religious spheres.

ABC News

Cardinal George Pell's final days spent writing furiously about the Catholic Church's 'toxic nightmare'

George Pell spent his final days penning an article furiously criticising the Vatican and its leader Pope Francis, coming as no shock to those who knew him.

ABC News

Sorry, Premier, but the apology over Nazi uniform just doesn't cut it

Yes, we all do silly things when we are young, but in this case I think it is important to consider the context.

Newcastle Herald

Vatican farewell for Cardinal George Pell

The most senior Australian member of the Catholic clergy will be farewelled in a mass at the same Vatican church where former pope Benedict's funeral was held.

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The Guardian - AU

George Pell’s political legacy: why the Catholic warrior ultimately lost on marriage equality, climate and abortion

Unquestionable power within the church and an ability to bend the ear of conservative politicians could not stave off progress on issues the cardinal saw as threats

Reuters

Cardinal Pell lies in state, funeral plans overshadowed by memo revelation

Australian Cardinal George Pell was lying in state on Friday, with funeral preparations overshadowed by revelations that he was the author of an anonymous memo that branded Pope Francis' pontificate a catastrophe.

The Guardian - AU

New federal court rules over access to documents branded ‘utterly disgraceful’ – as it happened

Court moves to protect respondents from early reporting of allegations but media union criticises decision. This blog is now closed

The Independent UK

Late Cardinal Pell called Pope Francis ‘a catastrophe’ in leaked memo

Pell called out the Pope for staying silent on human rights issues in China, Russia, and Hong Kong

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The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: were factional feuds behind Perrottet’s revelation?; Lisa Marie Presley dies; and Covid cases drop

NSW premier refuses to engage with suggestions Liberal party feuds led to his Nazi costume revelation, but that hasn’t stopped speculation

Crikey

Why Pell was never ‘found innocent’ — and why it matters

Years after George Pell had his conviction for child sexual abuse overturned, many problems persist in the way courts approach child abuse cases.

Crikey

‘It re-traumatised me again and again going through his system’: a survivor on George Pell’s death

For victim-survivors of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, the death of George Pell has dredged up traumas old and new.

ABC News

Cardinal George Pell's funeral mass to be held at St Peter's Basilica on Saturday. This is what we know

The Vatican will hold a funeral mass for Cardinal George Pell on Saturday. This is what we know about the service.

Crikey

George Pell, the Blundstone Borgia, was merely ruthless. It was the church that descended into evil

The Catholic Church’s disdain of sex meant it has never fully acknowledged just how thoroughly its priests destroyed people’s lives. Yet progressives gave Pell one final victory.

The Canberra Times

George Pell leaves a diminished church, to successors hardly better

That Pell has come to symbolise this fundamental betrayal of the church's mission is a measure of the success of his bruising style.

The Guardian - AU

George Pell saw climate science as a dangerous religious dogma – in the end his hardline stance held the church back

Cardinal’s scepticism provided cover for the likes of Tony Abbott, who were able to justify denialism by invoking religious beliefs

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