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More Masses rather than fewer during pandemic Comments 0

Monday, March 16th, 2020

If extra Masses were scheduled during the COVID-19 pandemic, fewer people would be at each of them and the risk of being exposed to the virus would be reduced. Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, who is the head of the Polish bishop’s conference, said ensuring not too many churchgoers gather at once is in line with the Read more

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Bishop Drennan’s Chrism Mass homily Comments 0

Thursday, April 20th, 2017

The greatest pastoral challenge facing New Zealand today is to keep the distinction between what is essential and what is secondary. We risk substituting God with good things… Faith continually evolves. How we understand aspects of our faith today is different from a year ago or five or ten. We grow in insight (cf. Dei Read more

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  • Kieran No Mon. My view on the Eucharist has been formed on the words of that great Church Father, Irenaeus that "The presence of the Lord in his Word is as real as his presence in the Eucharist." It was that line that began my 44 year Bible path, not as a priest but as a dedicated Scripture scholar who...

    Church is running out of reasons not to ordain women ·  March 3, 2021

  • Mon I can assure Brother Kieran that the women I am referring to do in fact exist although they are almost invisible in the church due to their orthodox (read Catholic) views and are constantly told by the hierarchy to go 'back to the kitchen' when they suggest new initiatives re the youth or marriage...

    Church is running out of reasons not to ordain women ·  March 2, 2021

  • Mr Alex McNaughten The article quotes seemingly learned authorities and puts forward convoluted reasoning to support Joe Biden’s phony stance on abortion. It is a frail foundation Biden speaks from when he says that he personally opposes it, but he does not consider it right to impose his views on those who differ....

    In their response to Biden and abortion, are the US bishops attempting to impose a theocracy? ·  March 2, 2021

  • Kieran “A brother with my sisters” leaves the freedom of relationship with the church to those who choose to accept a relationship in Christ that respects differences of opinion. My experience goes beyond that of seminaries to several years teaching for the Bible College of New Zealand. Among my...

    Church is running out of reasons not to ordain women ·  March 2, 2021

  • Mon This article is fundamentally flawed. Equating the Democrats and democracy for a start is a fallacious non-equivalence. There is more to democracy that a simple word. Abortion is, in the church’s view, not just immoral in the way it is to take the Lord’s name in vain or to commit adultery. It...

    In their response to Biden and abortion, are the US bishops attempting to impose a theocracy? ·  March 1, 2021

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