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Church Leaders Renew Apology In Royal Commission Response
Friday, 27 September 2024, 11:49 am | New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference
“We believed it would help not only the Church, but also our country, address these difficult truths in a more comprehensive way,” Bishop Lowe and Fr Rouse wrote. More >>
Assessment Of Catholic Safeguarding Offers Blueprint For Improvement
Friday, 16 August 2024, 6:06 pm | New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference
The project included a review of safeguarding policies and procedures, as well as dozens of face to-face and online interviews. A team of consultants met with survivors and survivor advocates, Church leaders, safeguarding officers, academics and parishioners ... More >>
Archbishop Gábor Pintér Appointed Pope’s Representative To Aotearoa New Zealand
Sunday, 28 July 2024, 1:41 pm | New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference
Archbishop Pintér – who will also serve as Apostolic Delegate to the Pacific Ocean – succeeds Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, who returned to Rome in March after suffering a stroke last October. More >>
Catholic Church Thanks Royal Commissioners For Their Final Report
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 4:34 pm | New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference
We acknowledge that the abuse of people in the care of the Church is real & the failures of Church leaders in responding to reports are real. The impacts of these are present today; for survivors, their whānau, for faith communities, & for society. This is ... More >>
West Auckland Parish Priest Fr Mosese Tui SDB Appointed Archbishop Of Samoa-Apia
Thursday, 13 June 2024, 6:54 pm | New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference
Archbishop-elect Tui replaces Archbishop Alapati Lui Mata’eliga. who died in Auckland in April last year. More >>
Vatican Decision On Complaint Regarding Cardinal John Dew
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 4:36 pm | New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference
A Vatican-led review of an abuse complaint against Cardinal John Dew dating to the 1970s has concluded that no further Church inquiry is required, says the Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop, Paul Martin SM, Archbishop of Wellington. More >>
NZer Br Peter Bray To Walk Camino Trail To Raise Money For Bethlehem University
Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 7:26 pm | New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference
He is walking in solidarity with the Palestinian people to raise money for Bethlehem University, which has a $1 million gap largely caused by issues related to the Israel-Hamas war. More >>
Fr David Dowling Appointed Rector At Holy Cross Seminary Auckland
Monday, 26 February 2024, 8:46 am | New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference
Father David Dowling has been appointed the new rector of Holy Cross Seminary in Auckland. The appointment has been confirmed by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelisation. Fr David is at present the Human Formator at Holy Cross. He will take over the role ... More >>
RIP Thomas Cardinal Williams 20 March 1930 – 22 December 2023
Friday, 22 December 2023, 8:53 am | New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference
Cardinal Tom Williams, ONZ, Archbishop Emeritus of Wellington has died, aged 93. Cardinal Williams became Archbishop of Wellington on 20 December 1979 – the 20th anniversary of his priestly ordination – following the death of Cardinal Reginald ... More >>
NZ Catholic Bishops Give Copy Of Ethics Booklet To All Members Of The New Parliament
Thursday, 14 December 2023, 10:52 am | New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference
New Zealand’s Catholic bishops have given a copy of their new ethics teaching document to all 123 members of the recently elected 54th Parliament. The bishops published Te Kahu o te Ora: A Consistent Ethic of Life in September. Bishop of Auckland ... More >>
Fr Richard Laurenson Appointed Catholic Bishop Of Hamilton
Thursday, 26 October 2023, 5:30 am | New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference
Pope Francis has appointed Father Richard Laurenson from the Diocese of Hamilton as the new Catholic Bishop of Hamilton. The appointment was announced in Rome at 11pm New Zealand time tonight, Wednesday 25 October. Bishop-elect Laurenson replaces ... More >>
Joint Anglican-Catholic Bishops’ Statement On Israel-Palestine Conflict
Sunday, 22 October 2023, 6:09 am | New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference
War is once again destroying people’s lives in the Holy Land. This new cycle of violence in this long conflict brings us new images of bloodied bodies and the anguished cries and faces of children, women and men – both Palestinian and Israeli. We’re ... More >>
Pope’s Climate Exhortation A Clarion Call, Say NZ Catholic Bishops
Thursday, 5 October 2023, 6:10 pm | New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference
Pope Francis’ Laudate Deum climate change exhortation is a clarion call, says the Catholic Bishop of Auckland, Bishop Stephen Lowe. “ Laudate Deum is a clarion call to us all, as individuals, as industry and as nations, to examine whether our ... More >>
Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge To Address NZ Catholic Priests At Rotorua Assembly
Wednesday, 4 October 2023, 6:31 pm | New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference
Archbishop Mark Coleridge Archbishop of Brisbane Mark Coleridge will be one of the speakers at a week-long assembly of 170 Catholic priests to be held in Rotorua next week. The National Assembly of Diocesan Priests from October 9 to 13 will be the ... More >>
Catholic Bishops Say Abhorrent Abuse At Marylands And Hebron Trust Should Never Have Happened
Wednesday, 2 August 2023, 2:00 pm | New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference
The nature and scale of abuse set out in today’s report from the Royal Commission on Abuse in Care is abhorrent and should never have happened, says Archbishop Paul Martin SM, General Secretary of the NZ Catholic Bishops Conference. “We recognise ... More >>
Cardinal John Dew Retires As Catholic Archbishop Of Wellington
Saturday, 6 May 2023, 11:17 am | New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference
John Dew consecrated Auxiliary Bishop 1995 by Cardinal Thomas Williams Cardinal John Dew, the Catholic Archbishop of Wellington since 2005, has retired on reaching his 75th birthday. Pope Francis has accepted Cardinal John’s formal resignation ... More >>
NZ Catholic Bishops Welcome Vatican’s Rejection Of 'Doctrine Of Discovery'
Friday, 31 March 2023, 8:32 pm | New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference
The Catholic Bishops of Aotearoa New Zealand strongly support the Vatican’s repudiation of the colonial-era concept of the “Doctrine of Discovery” used by European powers to take over many lands from their indigenous owners. A joint statement (in full ... More >>
Catholic Bishops Support Staying Safe On Social Media Campaign
Tuesday, 14 March 2023, 9:23 am | New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference
New Zealand’s Catholic bishops are supporting a campaign to help people stay safe on social media. The campaign follows diocesan communications and pastoral staff around the country noticing increased suspicious activities on Church social media ... More >>
Auckland Catholics Launch Appeal To Help Cyclone Gabrielle Victims In Palmerston North And Hamilton Dioceses
Monday, 20 February 2023, 12:40 pm | New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference
The Catholic Diocese of Auckland’s Caring Foundation has begun an appeal to help Cyclone Gabrielle victims in the Hamilton and Palmerston North dioceses. Bishop of Auckland Steve Lowe says neither diocese has the infrastructure to host a national ... More >>
Catholics In NZ Offering Prayers For Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Sunday, 1 January 2023, 6:51 pm | New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference
Catholics around New Zealand are offering prayers today for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died in Rome last night aged 95. Cardinal John Dew, Archbishop of Wellington and President of the NZ Catholic Bishops Conference, said each of the six New Zealand ... More >>