Henry VIII - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 28 Nov 2016 09:05:50 +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 Henry VIII - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Vatican bans doco filming Henry VIII's cheeky letter https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/11/29/vatican-henry-viii-letter/ Mon, 28 Nov 2016 15:51:27 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=89940 The Vatican has banned a BBC historian from filming love letter. The letter is kept in the Vatican archives. In the letter from Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn, Henry writes passionately about Anne's breasts. Read more

Vatican bans doco filming Henry VIII's cheeky letter... Read more]]> The Vatican has banned a BBC historian from filming love letter.

The letter is kept in the Vatican archives.

In the letter from Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn, Henry writes passionately about Anne's breasts. Read more

Vatican bans doco filming Henry VIII's cheeky letter]]> 89940 Catherine of Aragon annulment appeal to be auctioned off https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/11/14/catherine-aragon-annulment-appeal-auctioned/ Thu, 13 Nov 2014 18:05:06 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=65647 A letter from Catherine of Aragon asking a pope to block King Henry VIII's attempts to annul their marriage is to be auctioned in Paris. The letter is part of about 1500 documents written by women throughout history which are going under the auctioneer's hammer next week. Catherine's letter is addressed to Cardinal Francisco de Read more

Catherine of Aragon annulment appeal to be auctioned off... Read more]]> A letter from Catherine of Aragon asking a pope to block King Henry VIII's attempts to annul their marriage is to be auctioned in Paris.

The letter is part of about 1500 documents written by women throughout history which are going under the auctioneer's hammer next week.

Catherine's letter is addressed to Cardinal Francisco de Quiñones of Santa Cruz and is worth an estimated NZ$55,000-$65,000.

She insists she has been cast aside "without cause, except, as I sincerely believe, at the instigation of an enemy completely without scruples [Thomas Cromwell] who has abused the king, my lord; the case, if examined without passion, will clearly show, I hope, that truth and justice are on my side. . . ."

She appeals for Pope Clement to investigate and judge her case because: "I am completely innocent".

She also warns: "I can assure you with certainty that here [in England] there is no decision that can be made that will not bring a great evil in the future."

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