Cardinal George Pell is fighting battles on two fronts, one financial
and the other in the realm of church doctrine, an area in which he
managed to irk Pope Francis.
The Australian cardinal is attacked in two new books by Italian journalists as a "spendthrift moraliser" who spent €500,000 ($730,000) in his first six months as Prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/cardinal-george-pell-locked-in-twofront-battle-at-the-vatican-20151126-gl9bha.html
The Australian cardinal is attacked in two new books by Italian journalists as a "spendthrift moraliser" who spent €500,000 ($730,000) in his first six months as Prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/cardinal-george-pell-locked-in-twofront-battle-at-the-vatican-20151126-gl9bha.html