Cardinal Pell’s memo

It has been reported that Cardinal George Pell was the author of an anonymous memo that branded Pope Francis’ pontificate a catastrophe. Last year, respected Italian journalist Sandro Magister published…

WelCom February 2023

It has been reported that Cardinal George Pell was the author of an anonymous memo that branded Pope Francis’ pontificate a catastrophe. Last year, respected Italian journalist Sandro Magister published an anonymous memo circulating in the Vatican condemning Pope Francis’ papacy as a ‘disaster’ and a ‘catastrophe’. Magister disclosed on his widely read blog Settimo Cielo (Seventh Heaven) that it was Pell who wrote the memo and gave him permission to publish it under the pseudonym Demos – Greek for populace. Cardinal Pell is also said to have decried as a ‘toxic nightmare’ Pope Francis’ determination to sound out Catholic laity on such issues as Church teaching on sexuality and the role of women.