George Cardinal Pell, formerly Archbishop of Sydney (2001-2014) and of Melbourne (1996-2001), Australia, was appointed in 2014 by Pope Francis as Prefect of the Secretariate for the Economy at the Vatican. He also served on Pope Francis' Council of Cardinals. Cardinal Pell received a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Urbanianum University in Rome, and his DPhil in Theology from the University of Oxford. His previous books include Test Everything and Issues of Faith and Morals.
"The Pell prison journal demonstrates that the Australian High
Court's decision freed a man who could not be broken: a man whose
vibrant Christian faith sustained him under extraordinary
pressures. . . . Like More and Fisher, George Cardinal Pell took
his stand on the truth, confident that the truth is liberating in
the deepest meaning of human freedom. The journal you are about to
read illustrates that liberation in a luminous way."
--George Weigel, from the Introduction"Jesus himself, Saints Peter
and Paul, Ignatius of Antioch, Ignatius Loyola, Edmund Campion,
Thomas More, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther King Jr, Edith
Stein, Walter Ciszek, SJ . . . the list goes on: women and men of
towering faith, whose hope was tested in jail. Now we can add to
the litany Cardinal George Pell, a confessor of the faith, unjustly
jailed but never defeated."
--Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York "Two lessons
emerge from this astonishing work. The first lesson is the length
to which a hate-filled judicial process will go against an innocent
man--a process redeemed ultimately by Australia's High Court, but
not before soiling the credibility of a nation's legal system. The
second is the power of a good man's endurance in the face of
humiliation and poisonous deceit. Cardinal Pell is a superb writer
and an articulate witness to an inexcusable abuse of law, but also
to the triumph of God's grace. His journal is a marvel."
--Charles Chaput, OFM Cap, Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia"This
book provides a window into the soul of a man enduring the crucible
of imprisonment, false accusation, loss of reputation, and deep
uncertainty in regard to his future. What is nothing short of
astonishing is what we come to see through that window: not
bitterness, anger, and fear, but rather equanimity, graciousness,
calmness of spirit, and forgiveness toward his enemies. Anyone
interested in what radical surrender to Christ looks like should
read this luminous text."
--Robert Barron, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles; Creator and Host,
Catholicism film series
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