For years he has been one of the big beasts of the Catholic Church. When
in Sydney, Cardinal George Pell would regularly make the gruelling
22-hour flight to Rome so he could keep his Vatican contacts warm and
his ear close to the ground.
He impressed popes and fellow cardinals with his forthright, no-nonsense defence of Catholic teaching and, it is understood, would regularly send church leaders press cuttings of articles where he had been criticised in the Australian media for standing up for the faith.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/pope-francis-cardinal-problem-an-exit-strategy-for-george-pell-20160306-gnbogh.html
He impressed popes and fellow cardinals with his forthright, no-nonsense defence of Catholic teaching and, it is understood, would regularly send church leaders press cuttings of articles where he had been criticised in the Australian media for standing up for the faith.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/pope-francis-cardinal-problem-an-exit-strategy-for-george-pell-20160306-gnbogh.html
