Requiescat In Pace: George Cardinal Pell

May he be a favorite of Heaven.
Amen

Having served eleven years as an assistant District Attorney and thirty eight years as a criminal defense attorney, I speak from observation and participation. Unfortunately, most prosecutors forget or ignore that part of their oath that requires them to swear to protect the innocent and administer justice. Regrettably, our present system, regardless of what is written, begins with a presumption of guilt and “winning “ is the prize for too many of these politically motivated prosecutors. Cardinal Pell was a victim of this unfortunate attitude.

Cardinal Pell was the victim of an unjust and targeted witch hunt because he uncovered some nasty going-ons in the Vatican. Vatican money. It was a deliberate and calculated take down.

He woke up from this hip surgery and was observed talking, ok and completely awake. He then “suddenly” went into cardiac arrest. Only God knows why.

God His Rest His Eternal Soul and may he intercede for us on earth. For the truth.

….although it does not give Cardinal Pell back his reputation or the 400 days he was unjustly imprisoned, most of it in solitary confinement.

Those 400 days unjustly imprisoned were not idle nor unprofitable.
My presumption is that he and Christ turned those days into incredible graces that will only be known to us when we meet him in the Father’s house. That man of God wouldn’t waist those agonizing hours feeling sorry for himself. He, I’m guessing, would of seen the opportunity to work miracles uniting his imprisonment to those of Christ’ on that very early Friday morning so many years ago.

Having fulfilled his obligations our Loving Father called him home.
Well done, my good and faithful servant.

Please don’t waist your opportunities to glorify God when you find yourself in the dark places. We only have this short existence on earth to do it, so make it count.

“I expect to die in bed, my successor will die in prison and his successor will die a martyr in the public square. His successor will pick up the shards of a ruined society and slowly help rebuild civilization, as the church has done so often in human history.”
– Cardinal Francis George
https://www.ncregister.com/blog/cardinal-george-the-myth-and-reality-of-ill-die-in-my-bed

“As the new pontiff is presented, the cardinals appear at the windows flanking the central loggia of the basilica; there, they receive the first papal blessing with the crowd in St. Peter’s Square. On March 13, 2013, two cardinals remained behind for a few moments, alone in a window after Pope Francis retired for the night. They seemed pensive, these experienced, thoughtful, and prayerful men, both of whom had worked hard to reform troubled dioceses. The Church had just experienced an unprecedented form of papal abdication; the conclave had resolved itself quickly in favor of a candidate unfamiliar to many electors; what was coming next?

One of those men was the archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Francis George, OMI, who died in 2015. The other was his friend and ally, Cardinal George Pell, then the archbishop of Sydney, later the Vatican’s chief financial officer. Some years before, Cardinal George had shocked the priests of Chicago by suggesting, almost offhandedly, that while he would die in his bed, his successor would die in jail and that man’s successor would be executed in the public square – after which the martyr’s successor would, as the Church had done so often in the past, help pick up the fragments of a broken civilization and start again. It seems unlikely that, on the night of March 13, 2013, Cardinal George imagined that his hypothetical scenario would be dramatically accelerated, the only difference being that the friend beside him would be the one in jail. And Cardinal Pell would be in prison, not for the defense of life or religious freedom, but because of a wickedly perverse conviction on uncorroborated charges of sexual abuse that a jury had been shown could not possibly have happened.
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From his present station in the Communion of Saints, I have no doubt that Francis George is interceding for George Pell, and for the vindication of justice by the judges who will hear the Australian cardinal’s appeal – even as the American cardinal regrets how prescient he was.”
– From “A tale of two Georges” by George Weigel (2019)

“Pope Francis Makes His First Appearance” (note the two Georges at around 14:11):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8szDFB30azA

Not sure if Cupich has done anything which merits imprisonment. In any case, he’s a tool of the Regime, so will not be imprisoned.

Thank you, David WS. Passing it on.

I don’t think the long arm of Francis and his crooked eunuchs extends to the United States or Australia.

Cardinal Pell was not living in Sydney. Cardinal Pell was living in Rome. He was operated on at the Salvator Mundi Hospital in Rome. I’m assuming he didn’t have the funds (possibly) to have his surgery at private Gemelli Polyclinic Hospital “The Popes Hospital”- where interestingly the atheist Stephen Hawking was hospitalised in 2016 and received excellent care.

Cardinal Pell returned to Rome on September 30 2020, he had his apartment and belongings there. He had no official Vatican role recently and was writing and lecturing in order to assist with his legal fees. He was still commentating on Vatican affairs.

After his exoneration, he held board positions for various Roman Curia Offices. Pope Francis terminated his role Secretariat for the Economy in February 2019 and his membership of the Council of Cardinal Advisors was terminated in in October 2018. He was also a board member of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization but that unofficially recently ended.

Pope Francis didn’t like his effective hard-hitting method when he was in charge of his office or as a board member advisor. The elusive way Pope Francis gradually weeded Cardinal Pell, an exonerated man, out of any influential role within the Vatican was calculated and under-handed. Therefore, I don’t think it’s unfair to question why a man, who woke up fine after hip surgery went into cardiac arrest, suddenly…?

Which reminds me. My brother, age 68, is in the hospital for surgery today. Any prayers you might offer would be appreciated.

Many thanks.

He was 81 years old. An irreducible number of elderly people expire unexpectedly after surgery.

Yes and under regular circumstances it would just be an 81 facing surgery. However, there other details there which shouldn’t be ignored also.

Prayers for your brothers successful surgery and recovery.