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Cardinal George Pell remembers Pope Benedict XVI

Cardinal George Pell remembers Pope Benedict XVI in this interview with EWTN. Cardinal Pell hosted the late Pope in 2008 when he attended World Youth Day in Australia. The Pope celebrated the closing Mass in front of over 400,000 young people.

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