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Europe correspondent Isabella Higgins in Rome

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Cardinal george pell remembered as a powerful man with influence inside the vatican | History Defined

Within the walls of the Vatican, the shock death of Australian Cardinal George Pell has sent shock waves, as many remember a man with a large but controversial legacy in the city state.

"He was the kind of cardinal who felt himself to be a prince, cardinals are sometimes called the prince of the church," Nina Fabrizio, a Vatican journalist and author told the ABC.

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