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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Controversial Australian Cardinal, Pell, Dies 81 An Australian Cardinal and adviser to Pope Francis, Cardinal George Pell, has died aged 81. Pell died due to complications from hip surgery on Tuesday, the Archbishop of Melbourne, Peter Comensoli, confirmed via a Twitter post.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith great sadness, the news is out that Cardinal George Pell died a few hours ago, from heart complications following hip surgery. May eternal light now be his, who so steadfastly believed in the God of Jesus Christ.\u201d the Archbishop tweeted.<\/p>\n

Pell, who was imprisoned for 12 months on five counts of sexual abuse of 13-year-old choirboys in the 1990s but later acquitted of all charges, had gone to Rome to attend the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. Controversial Australian Cardinal, Pell, Dies 81 An Australian Cardinal and adviser to Pope Francis, Cardinal George Pell, has died aged 81. Pell died due to complications from hip surgery on Tuesday, the Archbishop of Melbourne, Peter Comensoli, confirmed via a Twitter post. \u201cWith great sadness, the news is out that Cardinal George […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":38087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-38088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nControversial Australian Cardinal, Pell, Dies 81 - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Controversial Australian Cardinal, Pell, Dies 81 An Australian Cardinal and adviser to Pope Francis, Cardinal George Pel ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/controversial-australian-cardinal-pell-dies-81\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Controversial Australian Cardinal, Pell, Dies 81\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Controversial Australian Cardinal, Pell, Dies 81 An Australian Cardinal and adviser to Pope Francis, Cardinal George Pel ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/controversial-australian-cardinal-pell-dies-81\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-11T22:59:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-11T23:23:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1673465427.63.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"520\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"390\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/controversial-australian-cardinal-pell-dies-81#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/controversial-australian-cardinal-pell-dies-81\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Controversial Australian Cardinal, Pell, Dies 81\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-11T22:59:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-11T23:23:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/controversial-australian-cardinal-pell-dies-81\"},\"wordCount\":135,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/controversial-australian-cardinal-pell-dies-81#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1673465427.63.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/controversial-australian-cardinal-pell-dies-81#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/controversial-australian-cardinal-pell-dies-81\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/controversial-australian-cardinal-pell-dies-81\",\"name\":\"Controversial Australian Cardinal, Pell, Dies 81 - 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