Cardinal Pell Was a Living Saint

I once called Cardinal George Pell a living saint. He didn’t like it.

The occasion was last summer. I had invited the Cardinal to be the keynote speaker at the Napa Institute’s summer conference, where he would have been rapturously received by an audience of 800-plus priests and lay-Catholic leaders. He agreed to come, and in my excitement, I quickly sent a blast email to every attendee and friend of the Institute that said, “a living saint is coming to our summer conference.”

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Tim Busch is co-founder of the Napa Institute, a Catholic lifestyle organization.

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I once called Cardinal George Pell a living saint. He didn’t like it.

The occasion was last summer. I had invited the Cardinal to be the keynote speaker at the Napa Institute’s summer conference, where he would have been rapturously received by an audience of 800-plus priests and lay-Catholic leaders. He agreed to come, and in my excitement, I quickly sent a blast email to every attendee and friend of the Institute that said, “a living saint is coming to our summer conference.”