Cardinal George Pell's funeral service was led by Pope Francis, whose papacy he described as a 'disaster'. He will be laid to rest at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney, where he served as archbishop.
He will be laid to rest in the crypt at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney, where he served as archbishop.This article contains references to child abuse.was given a funeral Saturday in St Peter's Basilica, with the pontiff imparting a final blessing for the once high-ranking Vatican prelate.
The funeral mass itself was celebrated by an Italian cardinal, Giovanni Battista Re, in his role as Dean of the College of Cardinals, but a final blessing, delivered in Latin, was recited by Pope Francis. His coffin will be returned to Australia to be buried in the crypt at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney, where he served as archbishop.
Cardinal Pell later returned to his native Australia to be tried on child sex abuse charges over allegations that he molested two choirboys while he was archbishop of Melbourne.
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