Cardinal George Pell, Australia's top Catholic prelate whose role as Vatican finance secretary ended amid sexual abuse allegations, died Tuesday. He was 81, and the cause of death was fatal heart ...

Cardinal George Pell was no doubt the most internationally high-profile Australian cleric in the country’s history. Within Australia, he was despised and even hated by the kinds of cultural Marxists ...

Rome — Cardinal George Pell, a onetime financial adviser to Pope Francis who spent 404 days in solitary confinement in his native Australia before his child sex abuse convictions were overturned, has ...

Cardinal George Pell remains a divisive figure even in death, with angry protests at his funeral in Sydney on Thursday and a former prime minister describing him as a “saint.” The Cardinal’s funeral ...

Cardinal George Pell, Australia’s most prominent and polarising Catholic cleric, has died aged 81. From his ordination in the 1960s, Pell rose to become a cardinal in 2003 before taking his most ...

Cardinal George Pell, a senior adviser to Pope Francis, is taking leave from the Vatican to fight historical sexual assault charges in his home country of Australia. The case is the latest black mark ...

Cardinal Pell was no false prophet, and his own words were fittingly repeated at his own obsequies. The great bell of St. John’s College tower tolled solemnly 81 times, once for each year of George ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Cardinal George Pell's ambition, intellect and ability to befriend influential people saw him rise from his childhood home in an Australian gold mining town to become the Vatican's ...

Today, an Australian court said Cardinal George Pell will face trial. He is accused of multiple counts of sexual abuse many years ago. He has pleaded not guilty. And while a judge approved some ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican’s third-highest-ranking official, must stand trial on several charges of sexual abuse, an Australian court ruled Tuesday, promising to prolong ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell will spend his first night behind bars on Wednesday after he was remanded into custody pending sentencing for sexually abusing two ...