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Death of Cardinal George Pell: Giant of the Church in Australia passes away suddenly aged 81
Australian Cardinal George Pell passed away Tuesday 10 January, aged 81.
Sources close to Cardinal Pell told The Record that he had been talking with the anaesthetist in hospital following the procedure when he suddenly went into cardiac arrest, at Salvator Mundi hospital in Rome and passed away shortly before 9 pm local time.
Statement on the death of Cardinal George Pell
Cardinal Pell’s impact on the life of the Church in Australia and around the world will continue to be felt for many years.
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Australian Cardinal George Pell speaks during Phoenix Diocese's White Mass annual banquet 18 November, 2021. Photo: CNS/Jeff Grant, The Catholic Sun.
On
the 7th of April 2020, seven High Court Justices with over 160 years
combined judicial experience unanimously found His Eminence, Cardinal Pell,
innocent of the charges laid against him.
He
had been in goal, including solitary confineme...
