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#468 Remembering Cardinal Pell - Monica Doumit

Catholic Answers Focus

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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His sudden death and final writings have put Australian Cardinal George Pell into the headlines around the world. Given his importance, we went down under to get insights into his view of the Catholic role in today’s world. Our guest, Monica Doumit, is the Director of Public Affairs and Engagement for the Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia. Cy Kellett: Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. One of the great defenders of the Catholic faith in recent decades has been Australian …

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Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Cancer's podcast for living, understanding, and

0:10.7

defending your Catholic faith.

0:12.6

I'm Psy Kelly at your host.

0:14.5

And one of the great defenders of the Catholic faith in recent decades has been Australian

0:18.1

Cardinal George Pell, who died quite unexpectedly earlier this month.

0:22.5

You're likely familiar with Cardinal Pell as the sharp-tongued warrior for cultural and

0:26.2

religious sanity, who was called to Rome, to reform the mess of church finances.

0:31.4

But if you're not familiar with that part of his story, you probably almost certainly

0:34.9

are familiar with him as the Australian Cardinal accused of sexual abuse, who served more than

0:40.1

a year in solitary confinement, before being acquitted by Australia's highest court.

0:44.8

He fought, and he suffered for his faith, it seemed to almost every neutral observer

0:49.2

that his trials and imprisonment were tremendous miscarriages of justice, but he never wavered.

0:54.5

That's what we wanted to dedicate this episode to, his unwavering spirit, and his strength

1:02.0

of spirit in being a great defender of the faith.

1:06.1

It's an apologetics podcast, but he was one of the great apologists of his times, and

1:09.3

it just seemed to us that other defenders of the faith can learn from a great deal from

1:14.2

imitating him.

1:15.4

To help us remember the man we called upon one of his many Australian protegees, our friend

1:20.2

Monica Dumont, the director of Public Affairs and Engagement for the Archdiocese of Sydney

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in Australia.

1:26.4

Unfortunately, our cross-Pacific connection was a bit rough for the first few minutes

1:30.5

of this interview, but you'll notice it clears up at about three minutes in, so thanks

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