The death of Cardinal George Pell was another grievous blow to the Church, all the more so because it was unexpected. He was, as our obituary makes clear, a controversial, pugnacious, large-hearted and brave man, who suffered for the Faith. His imprisonment for a year and a half for an offence which he not only did not commit, but could not have committed, tarnished the reputation of the Australian justice system, and his eventual rehabilitation by the Australian High Court was both conclusive and overdue.