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A cheerful and reflective Cardinal George Pell paid tribute to the late Pope Benedict XVI in his final television interview just eight days before his shock death.
The most senior Australian to serve the Catholic Church died in Rome at the age of 81 on Wednesday after complications from hip replacement surgery, the Vatican has confirmed.
Cardinal Pell looked frail but appeared upbeat last week when he sat down with Colm Flynn, Vatican Correspondent for EWT News, for a TV interview looking back on his memories of Pope Benedict XVI who died earlier this month.
In the wake of his sudden death, Mr Flynn said Cardinal Pell had been in good form and that the pair had arranged to meet up again in the near
