text: Pilate asked, “What have you done?” Jesus answered, “My kingdom does not belong to this world”
  
  Cardinals have sway over “principalities” not kingdoms. Cardinal Pell’s sphere, titled in Rome, extended over Australia. The Commonwealth of Australia is federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy that recognizes Elizabeth II at its apex as Queen of Australia. Australia recognizes cardinals not as princes but as citizens ordained and commissioned by the Catholic Church to minister to the spiritual life and needs of fellow citizens. Citizen Pell is subject to national laws. There have been enough credible charges made by fellow citizens to warrant a hearing.
  
  May the Spirit of truth guide and strengthen Cardinal Pell so that he may sincerely say with Jesus, “…for this I was born and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth.” (Jn. 36,37)
  
  And may that same Spirit help us learn the answer to Pilate’s question, 
  “What is truth?”