'Catastrophe': Cardinal Pell's secret memo blasts Pope Francis

Late Cardinal Pell called Pope Francis ‘a catastrophe’ in leaked memo

Pell called out the Pope for staying silent on human rights issues in China, Russia, and Hong Kong

Late Cardinal Pell wrote secret memo calling Pope Francis' papacy 'catastrophe': Journalist

VATICAN CITY: The late conservative Australian Cardinal George Pell was the author of an anonymous memo condemning Pope Francis' papacy as a "catastrophe" where political correctness held sway while global wrongs were ignored, says the journalist who published it. Released last year under the pseudonym "De

Pope Francis a 'catastrophe', Cardinal George Pell claimed in anonymous memo

He also reportedly described Francis' approach as a "toxic nightmare".

Cardinal Pell's 'anonymous' memo called Pope Francis's papacy a 'catastrophe'

Cardinal George Pell, who passed away this week at the age of 81, had once written an anonymous memo in which he criticised Pope Francis, calling his leadership a "catastrophe", the journalist who released it said. Notably, the Australian cardinal was one of Pope Francis's top aides before he had to step down to face child sex abuse charges. "Commentators of every school, if for different reasons ... agree that this pontificate is a disaster in

George Pell branded Pope Francis a 'disaster' and 'catastrophe'

Cardinal George Pell was increasingly disillusioned with the direction of the church under Pope Francis and branded his papacy a "disaster" and

Pell unveiled as author of anonymous letter exposing Pope

The late Cardinal George Pell has been unveiled as the anonymous author of letters which mocked Pope Francis and slammed him as “a disaster” over his abuse of power and behaviours that risked “international scandal”.