Greetings, parish orphans, and retrogrades.

I hope you'll join me in praying for the soul and the repose of Cardinal Pell, who died suddenly,

less than 36 hours ago, of a heart attack.

He's one of the heroes in the church.

And it turns out that he wrote an article for the spectator less than 36 hours before suddenly dying. I'm going to read you major parts

of the article. But first, I'd like to say a prayer for him in the name of the Father of the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Glory be to the Father of the Son and the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning.

It is now and ever shall be world without end.

Amen.

For the repose of your servant, Cardinal Pell.

In name of the Father of the Son, the Holy Spirit.

And then George Pell, George Cardinal Pell. In name of the father, the son, the Holy Spirit. And then George Pell, George Cardinal Pell, died, as you guys know, of a heart attack.

After suffering an ordeal in 2020, a fake trial, a kangaroo court, where he was called back

to Australia, which paused the important audit-style work he was doing on the Vatican Bank,

suspicious, under a totally fake charge that seemed to require the collusion of important players

in order to stall the probative-type investigatory work he was doing against financial corruption

at the Vatican Bank. Very fishy. That's now almost three years old. He survived that, was acquitted,

only to die relatively young, relative to Francis or Benedict, who are both significantly older than him.

And it turns out he wrote the following article for The Spectator,

called The Catholic Church Must Free Itself from This toxic nightmare about the Synodon Synodality,

and then died within 36 hours.

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