Nancy Stone, Chicago Tribune Cardinal Francis George celebrates the 50th anniversary of his ordination as a priest Dec. 18, 2013, at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, where he is surrounded by ...

I am sure Cardinal George Pell had many virtues for which he will be rewarded. He was no doubt sincere in his convictions. He will be judged according to his own conscience. I remember him as a fierce ...

Miriam Duignan Wijngaards prays at an event supporting women's ordination at Rome’s Oratory of San Francesco Saverio del Caravita May 6, the evening before the conclave to elect a new pope ...

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 ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest in Rome. Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad attended the funeral. He wore a white cloak, different from other priests. This sparked curiosity online. Koovakad is the ...

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 conservative theologian who served as the Vatican finance chief for Pope Francis and who was acquitted after becoming the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of ...

Immediate reflections following the shocking death of Cardinal George Pell have focused on the Australian prelate’s heroic endurance of false accusations of sexual abuse. And rightfully so ...

SAN FRANCISCO – While pieces of the life George Cardinal Pell of Australia have been told, including in his own words in his “Prison Journal” series, published by Ignatius Press, no ...

The stories in REMEMBERING GEORGE CARDINAL PELL show the depth and breadth of Cardinal Pell’s humanity. While much has been written to vilify him in the popular press by those who opposed his ideas, ...

While underscoring that Francis is not in favor of the ordination of women, Luxembourg Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich said that it remains an open conversation among some Catholics and that he ...

An adviser to Pope Francis and a prominent figure in Australia, Cardinal Pell went to prison on charges of abusing two boys in the 1990s, but a higher court later acquitted him.