Melbourne School Commends Australian Cardinal George Pell

A Parishioner holds a photo of Pope Benedict VXI and attends a Solemn Pontifical Requiem mass to pay homage to Cardinal George Pell at St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney, Australia, on Jan. 12, 2023. AAP Image/Dean Lewins

A Melbourne school has praised Vatican leader Cardinal George Pell, who recently died from heart complications in Rome, for his administrative strength.

Pell, formerly the archbishop of Melbourne and Sydney and Australia’s most senior Catholic, passed away on Jan. 10 following hip replacement surgery aged 81.