Easter in Jail: The Travesty of the Pell Case
In December 2018, Cardinal George Pell, former Archbishop of Sydney and head of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy, was convicted of “historic sexual abuse” in a court in Melbourne, Australia,
A Tale of Two Georges
Click here to view or listen to George Weigel’s appearance on the Patrick Coffin Show discussing the “show trial” of Cardinal George Pell. When a pope is elected, the cardinals
The Holy See and Cardinal Pell
Cardinal George Pell’s December 2018 conviction on charges of “historic sexual abuse” was a travesty of justice, thanks in part to a public atmosphere of hysterical anti-Catholicism—a fetid climate that
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In December 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus of the French Army was convicted of treason on the grounds that he had given military secrets to France’s mortal enemy, Germany. The charge
The Pell Affair: Australia Is Now on Trial
Has it occurred to anyone else debating the perverse verdict rendered against Cardinal George Pell, which convicted him of “historic sexual abuse,” that the cardinal did not have to return
Why the Case Against Cardinal George Pell Doesn’t Stand Up
With the lifting of the trial judge’s order banning coverage of the conviction of Cardinal George Pell this past December on charges of “historical sexual abuse,” the facts can finally
Ferocity, Courage, and Grace — Remembering the Great Frank Robinson
Hard as it may be for those who know them only from their recent woes, the Baltimore Orioles won more games than any other team in baseball’s major leagues for
Wojtyłan Fantasies, Revisited
For almost three decades the Catholic left has turned intellectual somersaults arguing that John Paul II didn’t write, and indeed couldn’t have written, what the rest of the literate world
The Courageous Honesty of Peter Steinfels
Peter Steinfels’s long career in journalism included years of service as editor of Commonweal (from which perch he took me to the woodshed more than once), followed by a decade as senior
The Unfair, Anti-Catholic Conviction of Cardinal George Pell
No one with a sense of justice can fail to be outraged when, in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” a jury in Maycomb, Ala., bows to social pressure and convicts an
Stephen Hawking’s Surprise
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