How to make the church synodal? Inclusion, say respondents in 3 countries
Catholics on two different continents want more inclusion — including of women and LGBTQ Catholics — more adult faith formation and help with engaging young adults.
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by bcadmin | Aug 20, 2022 | Australia, Catholic News Service, Church in Ireland, Global church, New Zealand, News, synodality | 0 |
Catholics on two different continents want more inclusion — including of women and LGBTQ Catholics — more adult faith formation and help with engaging young adults.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 14, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, New Zealand, News | 0 |
Saying they feel anguish that the Holy Land continues to be riled in “turmoil, bloodshed and fear,” New Zealand’s Catholic bishops called for a renewed effort to achieve lasting peace for “ordinary Palestinian peoples.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 1, 2022 | Cardinal John Dew, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, clerical sexual abuse, New Zealand, News | 0 |
A report released by the New Zealand bishops’ conference found allegations of abuse were made against 14 percent of diocesan clergy who have ministered in the country since 1950.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 25, 2021 | Associated Press, COVID restrictions, COVID-19 pandemic, Fiji, Global church, India, New Zealand, News, Pacific Islanders | 0 |
Christians around the world celebrated their second COVID-19 Christmas as surging infections in many countries overwhelmed hospitals, canceled flights and curbed religious observances Saturday.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 25, 2021 | Associated Press, Australia, Christmas, Church in Asia/Oceania, Church in Philippines, Climate change, India, Natural disasters, New Zealand, News, South Korea, typhoon | 0 |
Hundreds of thousands of people in the Philippines marked Christmas on Saturday without homes, adequate food and water, electricity and cellphone connections after a powerful typhoon left at least 375 people dead last week.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 16, 2021 | Cardinal John Dew, Church in Oceania, clerical sexual abuse, lead, New Zealand, News | 0 |
A New Zealand government-commissioned report on abuse in care settings is questioning how the Vatican has handled a Catholic bishop credibly accused of abuse.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 16, 2021 | Cardinal John Dew, Church in Oceania, clerical sexual abuse, lead, New Zealand, News | 0 |
A new report on sexual abuse in New Zealand says abuse in religious settings often causes “particular harm” to victims.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 18, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, COVID restrictions, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccine, New Zealand, News | 0 |
New Zealand’s bishops said they will ensure that people who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 can safely attend Mass under a new system, while warning that unvaccinated priests will be limited in their ministry.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 3, 2021 | Catholic News Service, Catholic Schools, Church in Oceania, clerical sexual abuse, New Zealand, News, Royal Commission | 0 |
The Catholic Church in New Zealand welcomed a Nov. 3 announcement by the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care that it had scheduled six days in February for hearings on evidence of abuse at two Catholic-run schools.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 28, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, euthanasia, New Zealand, News | 0 |
New Zealand’s Catholic bishops have prepared guidelines for health professionals, chaplains and priests to assist them in their pastoral work with people who decide to die under the country’s End of Life Choice Act
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 2, 2021 | abuse crisis, Asia - Pacific, Code of Canon Law, New Zealand, News | 0 |
“This affirming and widening by Pope Francis of the Canon Law provisions against abuse is welcome and timely, especially as it comes during the Royal Commission on Abuse in Care, which the Catholic Church strongly supports,” says Bishop Stephen
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 23, 2021 | Cardinal John Dew, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Oceania, clerical sexual abuse, New Zealand, News | 0 |
Cardinal John Dew told a royal commission of inquiry that the Catholic Church in New Zealand is ashamed and saddened that people suffered abuse while in its care.
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