George Pell
Apology to Cardinal George Pell
On 11 March 2013, the online edition of The Sydney Morning Herald published an article "Tainted Pell out of race after lobbying" by journalist Barney Zwartz.
Apology to Cardinal George Pell
On 11 March 2013, The Age published an article 'Tainted Pell out of race after lobbying' by Barney Zwartz, which was also carried in a number of other Fairfax publications.
Hart admits 'awful blight'
Barney Zwartz Paedophile priests in Melbourne were moved from parish to parish in a culture of secrecy and cover-up in which the Catholic Church was slow to act, Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart said on Thursday.
Pope advisory group to 'revamp' church
The appointment of eight advisers, including the Archbishop of Sydney George Pell, to a new Vatican panel will help revamp the Catholic church, former Australian ambassador to the Holy See Tim...
Poignant farewell a prelude to a Pope
Barney Zwartz Coverage of a conclave is chiefly about politics and pageantry, so it's easy to forget the intimate and personal.
Most cardinals compromised by sex-abuse scandal: victims
Barney Zwartz Cardinal George Pell must not become pope because it would rub salt into the wounds of clergy sex abuse victims, according to leaders of the world's biggest victim advocacy group.
The fighter and the forbidden frittata
Father Bob Maguire has just come from a funeral, where he gave the final blessing for a man who left the priesthood to have a wife and son, so we talk about heaven and hell over lunch. At least I do.
Cardinal Pell angered by newspaper 'smear'
Sydney Cardinal George Pell has labelled an article about him in the Fairfax media on Monday as a "smear of the most vindictive kind".
New Pope should pull it together: Pell
Australia's most senior Catholic has criticised outgoing Pope Benedict XVI, saying his retirement sets a worrying precedent.
Pell critical of Pope as he bids farewell
Barney Zwartz ROME: A frail Pope Benedict made his public farewell to the world's Catholics on Wednesday morning, hours after one of his closest allies - Sydney Archbishop George Pell - criticised his decision to...
Australian Catholics dismiss Pell's claims
Vince Chadwick and Barney Zwartz Prominent Australian Catholics have largely rejected claims by Cardinal George Pell that the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI weakened the papacy, and dismissed notions the Sydney archbishop is...
Benedict XVI's final farewell to world's catholics
Barney Zwartz A frail Benedict XVI made his public farewell to the world's Catholics on Wednesday morning, hours after one of his closest allies - Sydney Archbishop George Pell - criticised his decision to resign...
Catholics dismiss Pell's claims and back Pope
Vince Chadwick, Barney Zwartz PROMINENT Australian Catholics have rejected claims by Cardinal George Pell that the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI weakened the papacy, and dismissed notions the Sydney Archbishop was angling for...
Crash survivor counts her blessings
Georgina Mitchell, Gemma Khaicy WHEN Claire Hill was given the Pope's blessing, her family didn't realise she would need it.
'I'll be coming home': Pell outsider for top job
Catherine Armitage The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, agrees the idea of his becoming the next Pope is ''fantastic'', but he means fantastic in the traditional sense of fanciful, not the modern...
Pell laughs off suggestions of being next in line
Catherine Armitage Cardinal George Pell agrees the idea of him as the next pope is indeed 'fantastic'.
The truth about sex abuse
Barney Zwartz Australia now has two inquiries into the sexual abuse of children by clergy. Will they be the circuit-breaker that triggers the changes so many Catholics want or will the church retreat behind a wall...
Sex abuse unit will be able to prosecute
Bianca Hall, Michelle Grattan, Josephine Tovey AN investigation unit designed to prosecute sex offenders will be established as part of the royal commission on the sexual abuse of children due to begin later this year.
Unit to target child sex abusers
Bianca Hall An investigative unit designed to prosecute sex offenders will be established as part of the royal commission on the sexual abuse of children due to begin later this year.
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Rhetoric, yes, but also cause for optimism
Barney Zwartz Once bitten, twice shy, the adage says, and Catholic bishops in Australia over the decades have made all sorts of promises about learning the lessons of abuse, putting victims first and the like that...
