Australian Cardinal George Pell looks on during an interview with Reuters in Rome, Italy December 7, 2020. Picture taken December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
ROME (Reuters) - Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell said the world's smallest state risked slowly "going broke" unless it tamed ballooning deficits, and expressed hope his successor would be spared the resistance to reform that he said thwarted him.
Pell, 79, was cleared of sex abuse charges in his native Australia in April. His book "Prison Journal", published this month, recounts his 13 months in solitary confinement in tiny cells following one of the most divisive trials in the country's history.
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