By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - Still most of those who knew (Cardinal Pell), friends and foes alike, will remember Cardinal Pell not as the patient victim behind bars, but as the outgoing and outspoken prelate who would say, in plain words, what many others were thinking. He was the one who would stand up at a meeting of the Synod of Bishops, slam down a book on his table, and roar: “You’ve got to stop manipulating this Synod!” With another Synod in preparation, just before his death he issued another clarion call, denouncing a “toxic” and “incoherent” preparatory document.