Bishop Eidsvig - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 24 Apr 2016 23:34:38 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Bishop Eidsvig - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Norway church seeks to pull out of state wedding role https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/04/26/norway-church-seeks-pull-civil-wedding-role/ Mon, 25 Apr 2016 17:05:06 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=82146 Norway's Catholic Church is to seek the Vatican's permission to have its clergy withdraw from officiating at marriages on the Norwegian state's behalf. The move comes after the governing synod of Norway's predominant Lutheran Church voted to allow gay marriages. Catholic Bishop Bernt Eidsvig of Oslo said "it's clear we must distinguish our own church Read more

Norway church seeks to pull out of state wedding role... Read more]]> Norway's Catholic Church is to seek the Vatican's permission to have its clergy withdraw from officiating at marriages on the Norwegian state's behalf.

The move comes after the governing synod of Norway's predominant Lutheran Church voted to allow gay marriages.

Catholic Bishop Bernt Eidsvig of Oslo said "it's clear we must distinguish our own church marriages from others".

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