Australia received the news this morning of the passing of Cardinal George Pell DD AC.
The son of a Ballarat publican, the Oxford-educated George Pell was a man of immense erudition and faith.
Our nation has lost an important intellectual figure and a towering presence in the Catholic community.
His death will be felt in the Vatican and by Catholics around the world.
In his youth, Pell was a skilled Australian Rules footballer.
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