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Pro-LGBT activists in Sydney are set to stage a protest during the funeral Thursday of Cardinal George Pell.
Pro-LGBT activists in Sydney are set to stage a protest during the requiem Mass Thursday for the burial of Cardinal George Pell, the former archbishop of the diocese and head of the Vatican’s financial oversight department.
The demonstration, which is being organized under the slogan “Pell go to Hell” was given the green light to proceed after police initially sought a court order banning the event, but then agreed to a buffer zone around St. Mary’s Cathedral and an alternative route for a planned march.
The cardinal, who led the Sydney archdiocese from 2001 to 2014, was regarded by many as one of the 20th century’s central figures in Australian Catholicism. He was widely considered to be a defender of orthodox Catholic doctrine, and an articulate spokesman for the evangelical and social mission of the Church.
After his death, aged 81, from complications following a hip replacement operation on Jan. 10, tributes to Pell poured in from around the world.
Former Prime Ministers of Australia hailed the cardinal as “a great son” of the country, and called his death “a great loss to the intellectual and spiritual life of our country.”
New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet, a Catholic, has said he will not be attending the requiem Mass for Pell but has urged demonstrators to “show respect.”
Local LGBT activists, however, have branded the cardinal “homophobic” and “bigoted” for his long record promoting and defending Church teaching on issues such as marriage, human sexuality, and abortion.
On Feb 1, Kim Stern, an organizer for the group Community Action for Rainbow Rights told The Guardian that the protest event would begin in Hyde Park, across from the cathedral, where speakers would address Pell’s “long track record of misogyny, homophobia and conservative bigotry,” before an expected crowd of around 200 would march through the city.
Despite Pell being an internationally regarded churchman, intellectual, and public figure, Stern said it was “grotesque” that the Church be allowed to host a “celebration of his life.”
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Pro-LGBT activists in Sydney are set to stage a protest during the requiem Mass Thursday for the burial of Cardinal George Pell, the former archbishop of the diocese and head of the Vatican’s financial oversight department.
The demonstration, which is being organized under the slogan “Pell go to Hell” was given the green light to proceed after police initially sought a court order banning the event, but then agreed to a buffer zone around St. Mary’s Cathedral and an alternative route for a planned march.
The cardinal, who led the Sydney archdiocese from 2001 to 2014, was regarded by many as one of the 20th century’s central figures in Australian Catholicism. He was widely considered to be a defender of orthodox Catholic doctrine, and an articulate spokesman for the evangelical and social mission of the Church.
After his death, aged 81, from complications following a hip replacement operation on Jan. 10, tributes to Pell poured in from around the world.
Former Prime Ministers of Australia hailed the cardinal as “a great son” of the country, and called his death “a great loss to the intellectual and spiritual life of our country.”
New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet, a Catholic, has said he will not be attending the requiem Mass for Pell but has urged demonstrators to “show respect.”
Local LGBT activists, however, have branded the cardinal “homophobic” and “bigoted” for his long record promoting and defending Church teaching on issues such as marriage, human sexuality, and abortion.
On Feb 1, Kim Stern, an organizer for the group Community Action for Rainbow Rights told The Guardian that the protest event would begin in Hyde Park, across from the cathedral, where speakers would address Pell’s “long track record of misogyny, homophobia and conservative bigotry,” before an expected crowd of around 200 would march through the city.
Despite Pell being an internationally regarded churchman, intellectual, and public figure, Stern said it was “grotesque” that the Church be allowed to host a “celebration of his life.”
Continued below.
Protestors plan ‘Go to Hell’ march for Cardinal Pell’s burial
Pro-LGBT activists in Sydney are set to stage a protest during the funeral Thursday of Cardinal George Pell.
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