Funeral of cardinal George Pell held at Basilica in Rome

RELIGIONS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – The funeral of the Australian Cardinal George Pell has been held at St Peter’s Basilica, in Rome.

He died aged 81 after complications following hip surgery.

As “AP” reported soon after, he was unveiled as the author of an anoymous blog saying the papacy of Pope Francis was a catastrophe.

He is remembered as a senior Vatican official charged with reforming its finances, whose conviction for sex abuse in Melbourne was overturned after he had spent 13 months in prison for crimes of which he always protested his innocence.

The final blessing at his funeral service was given by Pope Francis.