Deported a year ago as a threat to public health, the tennis star was feted upon his return to the Australian Open
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What was present last week on College Street in Australia was a dramatic public witness of the cross of Christ not in life, but in death.
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Cardinal Pell was buried with the honours of the church. And one of the highest honours that a corrupt state offers is the incarceration of the innocent
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In the heat of a summer Sydney morning, a singular funeral marked the end of a singular life.
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As Cardinal Pell, Bishop Bätzing and others would testify from different perspectives, papal interview controversies are not rare, but rarely corrected.
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Two prominent American priests recently made important statements that indicate an attempt to shift the Catholic discussion about homosexuality.
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St. Mary’s Cathedral was packed for midday Mass offered by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe of Perth, president of the Australian bishops’ conference. An evening Mass was offered by Archbishop Charles Balvo, apostolic nuncio in Australia.
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Cardinal Robert McElroy’s comments last week, arguing the synod is the correct place to overturn core Catholic teachings, have spotlighted how the Synod on Synodality’s leaders are themselves manipulating the process in pursuit of this same objective.
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Tedium sets in quickly. No slight was too trivial to be remembered, resented and recorded by the prince
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The friendly gathering that included Cardinals George Pell and Joseph Zen in the wake of Pope Benedict’s XVI’s funeral is a treasured memory.
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Jettisoning the distinction between ‘orientation and activity’ means the end of chastity as a virtue to be strived for — or implies that ‘the LBGT community’ is not capable of chastity and should therefore be preached a lesser Gospel.
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Collaborating with the cardinal at World Youth Day in Sydney was a high point of our relationship, but equally significant was his inspiring witness of courage — and encouragement to others — in the face of grave setbacks.
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The Liberals are now the party of the one per cent, of which McKinsey is a flagship firm.
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Looking back on our 25-year friendship, I thank Cardinal Pell for reminding me of what is most important.
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The funeral of Cardinal George Pell provides a useful opportunity to know the usual practice for a cardinal of the Roman Curia.
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His faith, even during wrongful detention, was the crown of an inspiring Catholic life.
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The death and funeral observances also offered rather remarkable symmetries that echoed aspects of Benedict’s life.
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The homily for the pope emeritus was inadequate for the occasion, but measured by the Holy Father’s own standards, it was actually something special.
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