Rome and the world bid farewell to Cardinal George Pell, as close to a thousand mourners from across the globe, including cardinals and archbishops, family members, friends, and even foes, gathered for his solemn requiem Mass at the Altar of the Chair in St Peter’s Basilica on Saturday 14 January.
In his homily, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals and principal celebrant of the Mass, described Cardinal Pell as “a man of God and a man of the Church” with “a deep faith and great steadfastness of doctrine, which he always defended without hesitation and with courage, concerned only with being faithful to Christ”.
