From WSJopinion: Cardinal George Pell’s witness during wrongful imprisonment was the crown of a public, deeply faithful and remarkably inspiring Catholic life, writes Father Raymond J. de Souza
Wonder Land: Russia and China want to replace the West. Benedict wanted to save it. Images: Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyAustralia’s Cardinal George Pell, who died Tuesday at 81, was the most influential Catholic churchman in the English-speaking world. Pell devoted his considerable talents and prodigious energies to proclaiming the Gospel, refusing to be cowed by a culture turning against its Christian heritage.
Pell was born in 1941 in Ballarat, about 60 miles west of Melbourne. An outsize presence from his early days, he was a towering physical force who excelled at Australian rules football and in the classroom. He started his seminary studies at home before completing them in Rome and earning a doctorate at Oxford. As he returned to Australia, he was marked by the Vatican for leadership, the only man ever to serve as archbishop of both Melbourne and Sydney .
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