CNA Staff, Sep 25, 2020 / 05:45 am
Cardinal George Pell thanked Pope Francis Friday following the dramatic resignation of Vatican Cardinal Angelo Becciu.
In a statement sent to CNA Sept. 25, the former prefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy said: "The Holy Father was elected to clean up Vatican finances. He plays a long game and is to be thanked and congratulated on recent developments."
The cardinal issued the statement from Sydney, Australia, where he is living after his acquittal by Australia's High Court in April on charges of sexual abuse. He spent 13 months in solitary confinement after he was given a six-year prison sentence following a trial in Melbourne, Victoria.
"I hope the cleaning of the stables continues in both the Vatican and Victoria," Pell said.