Cardinal Pell to Leave for Rome as Pope Fires Rival Over Financial Corruption

Cardinal Pell to Leave for Rome as Pope Fires Rival Over Financial Corruption
Cardinal George Pell at the Quirinale hotel in Rome on March 3, 2016. Andreas Solaro/Getty Images
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Catholic Cardinal George Pell is returning to Rome just days after Pope Francis asked Cardinal Angelo Becciu to resign after he was linked to an ongoing financial misconduct investigation at the Vatican, Catholic News Agency (CNA) reported on Sept. 27.

Pope Francis appointed Pell to reform the Vatican’s financial affairs in 2014 as head of the newly created Secretariat for the Economy.