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Pope meets Australian Cardinal Pell in midst of money scandal
Source: Reuters
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OCTOBER 12, 2020 6:42 AM UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Pope meets Australian Cardinal Pell in midst of money scandal
By Philip Pullella
3 MIN READ
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis met on Monday with Australian Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican’s former economy minister who has returned to Rome after the firing of an Italian cardinal whom Pell had accused of obstructing financial reform.
Pell was cleared earlier this year of sexual abuse charges in Australia after spending 13 months in prison, and it remains unclear whether he will take up another role in the Vatican.
The Vatican announced the meeting between Pell and Pope Francis in a statement on the pope’s daily private audiences, but gave no details. “It went very well,” Pell told reporters in front of his residence just outside the Vatican walls.
Pell returned to Rome on Sept. 30, just days after the pope fired Pell’s nemesis, Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who was accused of embezzlement and nepotism. Becciu has denied all wrongdoing.
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OCTOBER 12, 2020 6:42 AM UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Pope meets Australian Cardinal Pell in midst of money scandal
By Philip Pullella
3 MIN READ
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis met on Monday with Australian Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican’s former economy minister who has returned to Rome after the firing of an Italian cardinal whom Pell had accused of obstructing financial reform.
Pell was cleared earlier this year of sexual abuse charges in Australia after spending 13 months in prison, and it remains unclear whether he will take up another role in the Vatican.
The Vatican announced the meeting between Pell and Pope Francis in a statement on the pope’s daily private audiences, but gave no details. “It went very well,” Pell told reporters in front of his residence just outside the Vatican walls.
Pell returned to Rome on Sept. 30, just days after the pope fired Pell’s nemesis, Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who was accused of embezzlement and nepotism. Becciu has denied all wrongdoing.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-pell/pope-meets-australian-cardinal-pell-in-midst-of-money-scandal-idUSKBN26X1CR