Cardinal George Pell Urges Christians to Be Bold

By Rosie Lewis
The Australian
December 23, 2013

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AUSTRALIA'S highest ranking Catholic has urged fellow Christians not to "lapse into timid silence" in the face of adversity, as church leaders across the country delivered their annual Christmas messages. In the wake of the royal commission into institutional child sex abuse, Cardinal George Pell painted a picture of a church and religion under siege after one of the most tumultuous years for the Catholic Church.