George Pell wrote memo calling papacy of Pope Francis a ‘catastrophe’

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Journalist who published the anonymous memo criticising ‘politically correct’ decisions reveals cardinal was its author‘He didn’t even look me in the eye’: one survivor on how Pell chose the church over childrenGeorge Pell obituaryFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastCardinal George Pell was the author of an anonymous memo condemning the papacy of Pope Francis as a “catastrophe” where political correctness held sway while global wrongs were ignored, says the journalist who published it.Released last year under the pseudonym Demos, the document accuses the pope of silence on moral issues, including the German Catholic church’s openness to the LGBTQ community, female priests and communion for the divorced. Continue reading...

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