The Irish Times

Cardinal among those on trial in landmark Vatican case

Cardinal Becciu becomes most senior Vatican official to be tried for financial crimes

Mon Jul 26 2021 - 13:36

Cardinal sins: Can Pope Francis clean up the Vatican’s act?

A trial before the Vatican’s criminal tribunal begins this month, those charged include four former Vatican officials and Cardinal Angelo Becciu

Sat Jul 10 2021 - 06:00

Vatican puts cardinal on trial on financial corruption charges

Indictment of Becciu marks dramatic acceleration of Pope Francis’s reform drive

Sun Jul 04 2021 - 17:34

Australian media fined A$1.1 million over George Pell case

Twelve outlets pleaded guilty to breaching gag order on reporting conviction of cardinal

Fri Jun 04 2021 - 07:47

Sacked Vatican cardinal accused of bribing witnesses in abuse trial of rival

Italian newspapers say documents show money paid to secure imprisonment of Australian Cardinal George Pell

Mon Oct 05 2020 - 20:43

Need to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt protects us all

Quashing of Cardinal Pell conviction underlines need for safeguards

Sat Apr 11 2020 - 01:00

Pope Francis decries ‘unjust sentences’ after Cardinal Pell acquittal

Cleric (78) to be freed from jail after Australian court quashes child abuse convictions

Tue Apr 07 2020 - 17:02

Pell granted final appeal against child sex abuse conviction

Catholic cardinal remains in jail in Australia ahead of hearing, to be held next March at earliest

Wed Nov 13 2019 - 06:46

Ex-Vatican treasurer Pell makes final appeal to overturn sex offence convictions

Pell is highest ranking Catholic in world convicted of child sex offences

Tue Sept 17 2019 - 10:48

Pell returns to jail after losing appeal against sex abuse convictions

Former Vatican treasurer was found guilty of molesting two 13-year-old boys in 1990s

Wed Aug 21 2019 - 17:19

Is Australia the world’s most secretive democracy?

Police raids on media are result of highly restrictive and intimidating laws, experts say

Thu Jun 06 2019 - 10:43

George Pell appeal: prosecutor struggles to answer judges’ questions

Judges told victim of ex-Vatican treasurer ‘is clearly not a liar, he was not a fantasist’

Thu Jun 06 2019 - 09:05

Cardinal begins appeal against child sex abuse conviction

Australian Cardinal George Pell is the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of abuse

Wed Jun 05 2019 - 09:06

Former cardinal George Pell to appeal child sex abuse convictions

Ex-Vatican treasurer (77) was jailed in March for six years on five charges of child abuse

Mon Jun 03 2019 - 16:49

Cardinal Pell jailed for six years for ‘brazen’ sexual attack on choir boys

The former Vatican treasurer maintained his innocence throughout the trial

Wed Mar 13 2019 - 06:56

Pell’s lawyer says cardinal’s abuse of child was ‘plain vanilla sex’

Former Vatican treasurer remanded in custody pending sentencing for abuse of two boys

Wed Feb 27 2019 - 16:50

Vatican treasurer George Pell to stand trial on ‘historical’ sex offences

Cardinal is most senior Catholic official to be tried on such allegations

Tue May 01 2018 - 06:53

Cardinal says no evidence women priests would have stopped cover-up of paedophilia

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn says church has ‘learned a lot’ from its mistakes

Thu Jul 13 2017 - 19:36

Cardinal Pell arrives in Australia to face sexual offence charges

The Vatican cleric, who is the economic adviser to Pope Francis, will appear before court

Mon Jul 10 2017 - 06:49

Divisive Cardinal Pell faces his day in court over abuse charges

Police and others pursuing Pell story accused of anti-Catholicism in Australian media

Fri Jun 30 2017 - 21:08

Top papal adviser George Pell charged with sexual assault

Cardinal ‘looking forward finally to having my day in court. I am innocent of these charges’

Thu Jun 29 2017 - 10:20

Australia’s Catholic Church pays €200m to child abuse victims

Report finds 3,066 victims received some form of compensation from Catholic body

Thu Feb 16 2017 - 09:03

Vatican treasurer reportedly under investigation over abuse claims

George Pell’s office says ‘ABC has no licence to destroy reputation of innocent people’

Thu Jul 28 2016 - 08:08

Pope condemns paedophilia as details of girl’s death emerge

Six-year-old alleged to have been thrown from balcony by her abuser

Sun May 01 2016 - 17:43

Suspension of Vatican audit casts doubt on reform

Pope Francis’s new body believed to be on collision course with Secretariat of State

Thu Apr 21 2016 - 19:21

Pope Francis to make defining statement on family

Key points for devout will be situation of divorced and civilly married on communion

Fri Apr 08 2016 - 08:33

Spotlight’s Oscar and questioning of Cardinal George Pell good news for abuse survivors

Catholic Church and child sex abuse

Sat Mar 05 2016 - 00:02

Cardinal Pell: Church made ‘enormous mistakes’ over abuse

Pell’s evidence showed a man remarkably incurious about suspicions raised with him

Mon Feb 29 2016 - 10:15

Pope Francis orders unprecedented audit of Vatican wealth

Galvanised by a scandal over Vatican finances Francis is pushing for more openness and transparency

Tue Dec 01 2015 - 13:26

Angels and demons mix with drama and intrigue in high circles in the Vatican

Two arrests and two new books – just the start of a dramatic week for the Holy See

Sat Nov 07 2015 - 02:02

Synod on family produced nothing new, says McAleese

Former president worried by congregation’s move to challenge Pope Francis’s will

Mon Oct 26 2015 - 21:48

Vatican bank profits rise as clean up continues

Net profit rebounds to €69.3 m from €2.9 m a year earlier

Mon May 25 2015 - 11:23

Attack on Pope Francis’s man smacks of ‘Vatileaks’ scandal

Article criticises cardinal in charge of Vatican finances ‘clean-up’

Sat Feb 28 2015 - 01:00

Pope continues his reform of curia and of Vatican

Some see Pope Francis’s latest project for the poor as a gimmick and not of any value

Wed Feb 18 2015 - 01:00