MELBOURNE: Disgraced Australian Cardinal George Pell was on Wednesday sentenced to six years in prison for the “brazen” sexual abuse of two choirboys, in what the judge lambasted as a “grave” abuse of power. The former Vatican number three — who managed church finances and helped elect two popes — was sentenced in a Melbourne […]
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Pakistan’s second cardinal returns home
KARACHI: Cardinal Joseph Coutts, Pakistan’s second cardinal on Tuesday returned to the country. Cardinal Coutts was appointed Cardinal at a meeting of the Church’s top council at the Vatican on June 29. He was warmly received at the Karachi airport as dozen belonging to the Christian community had gathered at the airport anticipating his arrival. A ceremony […]